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ALEXANDRIA:
THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, JS60.
Com;kess.?The Senate spent yesterday, in
disou ing the homestead bill. The House
of Representatives in discussing the Tariff.
Tue Charleston Convention and x'/.v
coiw ;ut>nce*.?The Democratic organs in
Washington, being divided in opinion as to
the Seeeders from the Charleston Conven
tion, it can hardly be expected that any
thiug but the late discord and division should
prevail in the party generally. Of one thing,
however, we are quite sure; and that is,
that the Seeeders will not be barked up by
the whole ot the Democratic party in the
South. Nay, even in the "Cotton States,"
there is strong opposition to their course.?
We append a few extracts from Southern
papers to show this.
The Macon Telegraph insists that the Cin
cinnati Platform, according to Douglas' con
struction, is the doctrine of the Georgia
Democracy, and says that the question now
presented, is whether the party will join the
seeeders in "this suicidal cry for Congres
sional intervention." It presumes that the
Executive Committee will without delay is
sue n call for another State Convention, to
determine the question of appointing dele
gates to the adjourned session at Baltimore.
The Augusta Constitutionalist also defends
the minority (or squatter sovereignty) report,
and dissents from the action of the seeeders.
The editor of the Montgomery (Georgia)
Confederation, who has just returned from
Charleston, seems to think that the secession
of.some of the Southern delegations is not
a matter of much importance, and will not
be seconded by the people.
The Washington States says"A private
latter received from Athens, Alabama, says:
"Douglas, if nominated, will beat any op
posing candidate in this county two to one,
notwithstanding the secession of our dele
gates."
The editor of the Augusta (Geo.) Consti
tutionalist, who was a delegate to the Con
vention concludes a review ol the proceed
ings as follows:
"As we have said, the action of the bolt in*/
delegates has defeated their own prime pur
pose, which was the nomination <?f a South
ern man. We went to Charleston prepared
to vote for Mr. Douglas, il he was the choice
of the majority, and to support him if nomi
nated?but almost sure that he would not
be, and that a Southern man would be. The
certainty now points the other way, lor
Mr. Douglas has got rid of the factionists,
and having received one hundred and fifty
two votes, which is a majority, ho is, by the
usage of the party, entitled to be nominated
by two-thirds. We now believe that the
nominee of the party in National Conven
tion, and the next President ot the United
States, will be Stephen A. Douglas, ol III.
On the other hand, the spirit and determi
nation of the Seeeders and their friends may
be learned from the course of the Washing
ton Constitution, and the Richmond Enqui
rer, and several other papers in the Scuth who
ore proclaiming their "resistance" tu Squat
ter Sovereignty," "Douglas rule" and the j
"majority platform."
As to the future, the action of the adjourn- j
ed Convention, aud the course to be pur
>ued by the Constitutional "Democracy,"
in a eertaiu event, the Richmond Enquirer
buys:?"As to the ultimate action to be adop
ted at Baltimore, we see but two alternatives
presented to the Democratic party. The j
doctrine of protection in the territories must i
be finally rejected or accepted. If it is re
jected, as we have already indicated, its re
jection will involve the Dismemberment ot
the Democratic Party, and a separate nomi
nation of a Democratic Candidate on the
platform of constitutional protection, will
inevitably ensue. If it is rejected, then the
rejection must be unequivocal."
"The Columbia (S. C.) Carolinian closes
j* review of the "Convention and its conse
quences," after approving of the secession,
with the following declaration:
"The Richmond Convention meets to vin
dicate a principle in which every lover of
the Constitution is deeply interested. It
should be sustained with warmth and zeal.
Let the people of the States whose delegates
withdrew, second their action with earnest
ness, and not only will North Carolina, \ ir
-inia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, and
.Missouri, but California, Oregon, Pennsyl
vania, New York, and some oi the Nortn
v stern States, march into line and unite
their columns at Richmond with those ot the
Constitutional Democracy of the States that
have locked shields in this contest for the
equal Territorial rights of every section ot
the Union.*'
(?ur Western exchanges teem with accounts
of the enlivening aspect of business. Tin?
Atlantic cities immediately connected by
l^reiit railways with the West, arc a; ready
realizing the beneficial results thereof. The
Oswego Times, noticing the extraordinary
receipts of flour, grain and lumber at that
port, as compared with last yeur at this
time, remarks that "it is sale to predict a
year of unparalleled prosperity." The Ro
chester I'nion says it "is a fact which can
not be questioned, that, just now, there are
more than ordinary signs of prosperity in
our city." The Buffalo Courier observes that
' in our own city the revival is quite as far
and hopefully advanced as elsewhere." The
St. Louis Democrat says: "After a season of
aim >st unexampled dullness throughout the
W eft, the whole country just emerging from
the chaos which succeeded the panic of hS.">7.
we find our city manufacturing establish
ments lull of work and inspired with more
vigor than ever." According to this author
ity. the iron foundries, as representatives of
manufacturing interests, "report steady pro
gress and great confidence in the future."
In agriculture the same degree of activity is
noticed, and on all sides there are indications
of an abundant harvest.
The last reported speeches and sermons
of Krigham Young, at ( ireat Salt Lake City,
are as saucy as ever, upon quite as high a
key as formerly.
A meeting in Mew York, of Democrats
and Whigs, have recommended Saui. Hous
ton for President.
W. W. Townes, esq., has been re-elected
jlayor of Petersburg, Va.
A despatch from Washington says:?"The
Post Office Department has for some months
past been engaged in examinations, with a
view of lessening the number of dead let
ters, aud has communicated the result to the
Senate, in compliance with a resolution of
that body. The recent investigation con
firms the former statement that two and a
halt' millions of dead letters accumulate an
nually, including five huudred thousand
drop letters and fifty thousand held for post
age?not prepaid. After the most careful
Consideration, the Postmaster General is con
strained to believe that the chief improve
ment must be in the Dead Letter Office, and
effected by providing for the return of the
letters through the office in greater num
bers, and at shorter periods, to the writers,
in the city of New York alone, seventy thous
and dead letters are returned per quarter.
Not one half of the whole number of dead
letters are such as should be returned, un
der the present system. The Postmaster
<ieneral suggests that ten temporary Clerks
be authorized to be employed, in order to
j carry out the plan of the Department."
'? Mr. (irow, of Pa., in his late speech in the
! House of Representatives, on the tariff, said
if the Secretary of the Treasury's estimates
, of receipts should be realized, and the ex
j penscs should not exceed his estimates, there
j would be a deficit in the treasury on the 1st
o' July next, of over one million dollars, with
twenty-millions of Treasury notes unredeem
I ed, and over twenty-four millions of public
i debt falling due before the 1st of July, 1808.
; Tin current expenses of next year will be not
| less than sixty-five millions, while the revc
I nue under the present tariff would not exceed
j sixty millions. There must be a change of
the tariff in order to raise revenue enough to
pay the current expenses of the government.
The telegraph despatch from Easton, Pa.,
j giving an account of a horrible murder near
that place, is now ascertained to have been
i sent on by a man laboring under mania a potu,
j who really thought he saw all he reported,
; but who, in reality saw nothing of the kind,
j The report he promulgated, threw the whole
town of Easton into great excitement?and
the "wires" were immediately put into re
quisition to scatter the uctcs over the country.
The "murdered" family were much astonish
ed at the story.
A special despatch to the Washington Con
stitution from New Orleans, says: "Prepa
rations have been made to hold a mass meet
ing here to approve the action of the Seced
ing delegates at Charleston. They will be
enthusiastically received on their arrival,
and will be honored with a salute of a hun
dred guns. From all quarters of the State
we receive evidences of the almost unani
mous approval by the people of the devotion
to sound principle manifested by our dele
gates. The attempt of the opposition to get
up an indignation meeting, has been a signal
failure."
The Richmond Judex, in an excellent ar
I tide on the "personalities of the press," de
j precates their use, and congratulates itself,
| as it well may, for practicing what it preach
! es, for going on its way without abusing any
| body, or using personalities, and in having
thereby met with success, and secured the
| best class of readers.
I At a Democratic meeting in Portsmouth,
j shortly before the late Charleston Convention,
j it was ordered, that "when this meeting doth
adjourn, it do so to meet again on the Oth of
I May proximo, to ratify the nomination of the
Charleston Convention." There is many a
slip between the eup and the lip, says the old
proverb.
The runaway slave, who attempted to es
cape from Charleston, in the steamer S. R.
Spaulding, on her last trip from Charleston
to Boston, and being discovered, was placed
on board a vessel bound to Baltimore, has
arrived in the latter city, and will be sent
home.
The \\ ashington States and Union, calls
Mr. Yancey's letter, invoking '*a revolution
in the Cotton States," a "Scarlet Letter."?
The same papers contends that the Douglas
vote in the Charleston Convention, represen
ted two thirds of the Democracy.
The President received the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Excursionists at the 1'resi
dent's House, on Tuesday, very courteously,
and addressed them in some patriotic re
marks, exhorting them to preserve the Con
stitution and the Union.
Large numbers of deceived, deluded, and
ignorant Mormon emigrants from the old
countries, are now on their way from the At
lantic cities, across the country, en route to
Utah.
New School Books.?E. II. Butler &
Co., Philadelphia, have published a new
edition, with numerous improvements, of
Goodrick's Pictorial History of the United
States, with notices of other portions of Amer
ica X ?rtl: and South?arranged for the use
ol schools and families. The hixtory is illus
! tratcd with maps and pictures. AlsoMiteh
{ ell's ! irst Lessons in Geography for voung
cliil !;<? ', designed as an introduction to the
i ;iir'i. Primary Geography, a work which
we have heretofore favorably noticed. The
First Lessons are illustrated, also, with maps
and engravings. These works are received
and for sale at the bookstore of Robt. Bell,
King street.
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The Pol'E AND \ IC'TOU E.\i MANTEL.?A
very interesting correspondence between the
Pope and Ring Victor Emmanuel has been
published. In a letter dated February 0, the
King explains that he is not responsible for
the separation of the Legations from the Ho
ly See; that they rose against foreign troops,
and assisted in the war of Independence.?
He points to the tranquility of the Legations
as a proof of the litness for freedom of the
people, and hints at an arrangement bv
which Umbria and the Marchess, as well as
the Romagna, might be administered with
out any loss to the revenue or dignity of the
Holy See. In another letter of March 20,
the King announces his acceptance of the an
nextion, and shows the necessity for that act.
The Pope (April -) repels the proposition,
not alone for many political reasons, butex
pressly on account of the "increasing immor
ality" in these districts, and complains of
the course ol the King in the whole matter.
The Delegates to the Ooxstititional
I'mon Party Convention now here, if a
fair representation of their several constitu
encies, speak well for them, indeed. We
never saw a more dignified, intelligent, aud
respectable body ol gentlemen, than they
seem t>? be. Among them are many whose
namextill pages in their country's history,
principally of the time> of the ascendancy of j
the Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, and Fillmore ad- !
ministrations. So far, those in Washington
city are principally from the South, and the j
Middle States; Kentucky, Maryland and Ten
nessee being largely represented among them.
? Washington Star.
News of the Day.
"To show the very aye and body of the times."
The schooner Abbie Forrest, from Aux
Cayes, arrived at New York on Monday, re
ports that she spoke, on the 10th ultimo, the
schooner Walter Irving, of Provineetown.
The Walter Irving reported that about April
18th, the whaling sehooner Rien/.a, of Pro
vincetown, fell in with, on the south side of
Porto Rico, a brig of about three hundred
tons, abandoned, with all sails set, having
on board a large quantity of provisions and
rum, and otherwise fitted for a slaver. Bul
let holes were found in the doors in the cabin.
The cabin was much disfigured, as if an
affray had taken place. She had no papers,
colors, or anything on board whereby she
could be identified. She was taken in charge
by the officers of the schooner, and will be
brought to the United States.
The New York Express commences a series
of political interrogatories, with tiie follow
ing, verbatim et literatim. It is a stunner,
truly:?"Is it not true, (as the British tory
observed,) that out of a hundred citizens
taken at random in New York city, not ten
could tell who their representatives in Con
gress, and not live who were the members
in the State Legislature, unless you happen
to stumble on a member of one of the com
mittees, by whom these things are really
managed ?" Who can (understand) answer?
John Morrissey, the noted pugilist, is out
in a card concerning the tight between Hee
nan and Sayers. After stating that neither
himself nor lleenan considered the light a
"national affair," Morrissey adds:?"In bet
ting my money on Sayers, and going to Eng
land to see the fi^ht, 1 did no more than
many others did in New York city, and why
I should be singled out for a target against
which public opinion should be directed, I
cannot imagine."
A lady called at the drug store of G. A.
Warner, iu New York, and asked for seid
litz powders. On going home and preparing
to take her medicine, she discovered that one
of the powders was red. Knowing that
something must be wrong, she took it to the
station-house, where it was found to be red
precipitate, or oxyde of mercury, a deadly
poison. It was taken back to the druggist,
and shown him, at which he replied, with
admirable coolness, "Yel, den, she can haf
another.
The late publication of Yon Humboldt's
private letters to Yarnhagen von Hose, by
the niece of the latter, of which a translation
has been printed, is not likelv to add to the
estimate the world had formed of the great
Naturalist. It shows how a peevishness of
disposition, and what is commonly called
hypocrisy, and insincerity, may flourish in
minds, which, we should expect, the contem
plation of the "starry firmament" had left
unmixed with matter.
One of the Montgomery, Ala., papers had
a facetious Telegrapher at Charleston, call
ing himself llorse-Shoe Ned. lie laments
the consequences of the Democratic blow up,
in these words: "No more good times at
Washington?no more nice suppers?no more
contract pickings?no more Indian treaties.
All gone to because the Squatters and
Fire Eaters won't agree about their non
sense!''
In a recent article in the New York Tri- j
bane upon Gen. Jefferson Davis, he was cull
ed "the veriest of cowards." The best an
swer to this is that given by a cotemporary,
who says that, while Davis was riding at the
head of his Mississippians, through a hail
storm of bullets, on the lield of Buena Vista,
the white-livered craven who wrote that ar
ticle, satin his garret scribbling.
At Nashville, May 8th, the National Ty
pographical Union convened. Twenty-four
Unions were represented. The following
officers were elected:?President, John M.
Farquhar, of Chicago. \ ice Presidents, AY .
M.Madigan, of Boston, and S. l>. Bassett, of
Memphis. Recording Secretary, T.J. Walsh,
of New York. Corresponding Secretary,
Isaac Morgan, of Columbia, S. C.
Louis Napoleon has ordered a statue ot
Joan of Arc to be erected on the right bank
of the river Oise, opposite the old bridge of
Compiegue, the identical spot where the
heroine was captured by the English on the
23d of May, 1430. It will be modeled after
the popular work of Princess Maria, of Or
leans, daughter of Louis Philippe.
The Japanese will arrive at Norfolk, as is
expected, by the loth instant. They may
be confidently expected to reach Washington
by the middle or end of next week. The
members of the House are pressing forward
their business with a view to an adjournment
nine, die, on the loth of June.
A report having been put in circulation
that Mr. C. G. Baylor, late Uuited States
consul at Manchester, England, was removed
from that office, it is due to truth to say that
the report is totally untrue. The cessation of
Mr. B.'s connection with that consulship,
was due to his own resignation.
'Occasional,' the Washington correspon
dent of Forney's Press, suggests the no
mination of Douglas for the Presidency by
the Constitutional Union Convention, and
says the move would be "a masterpiece of
strategy." Now wouldn't it be view
ed from a Douglas stand-point.
John A. Lynch, esq., State's attorney for
Frederick county, Md., has given an opinion
that the New York Tribune is an incendiary ;
(abolition) journal, and that every postmas
ter in that county who delivers it, is subject
to indictment.
At the Washoe silver mines, it requires
three pounds of silver to get one pound of
Hour. Wheat against the field anywhere.
If gold and silver are the precious metals,
wheat and maize arc the yet more precious
grains, says some one.
Emigration from China to California is
increasing. It is estimated that 7,000 per
sons have gone to the Washoe mines. The
Indians in Carson Valley have stolen thirty
horses belonging to the pony express com
pany.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, the Vice Presi
dent announced the following Senators as
the Select Committee on the French Spolia
tion bill, viz: Messrs. Crittenden, Toombs,
Davis, Hamlin, Johnson of Tennessee, Ben
jamin, and Grimes.
The progress of the experiments in accli
matising the tea plant, so far as heard from,
is favorable, and there is reason to believe
that it can be grown in the open air south of
the northern Jine of North Carolina and
Tennessee.
The "religious anniversaries,'' in New
York, are now in full blast. Kev. D. R.
Goodwin, D. D, President of Trinity Col
lege, of Hartford, Conn., has been elected
Provost of the University of Pennsylvania,
vice Henry Yethake, resigned.
llinton R. Heifer was one of the speakers
at a New York "sympathy" meeting over
Daniel Worth. The speech was characteris
tic "In temper, but stupid.
The Citv Council of Wilmington, Del.,
have passed a severe ordinance against the
sale of lottery policies in that town.
Calhoun Benham, esq., has been appoint- i
ed United States District Attorney for Cali- !
ioruia, in place of Mr. Deleaterre, resigned. '
The New York Economist, in reviewing
the dry goods trade of the lust four months,
says that instead of the handsome profits of
1859, the importers have this year met with
immense losses. In March the market was
paralysed by the vast quantity of French
goods rushed off at auction, and this state of
things, causing heavy sacrifices, continued
for six weeks, not less than $50,000 having
been lost in one day.
Win. Payne died at Frankfurt, Ky., 011
Sunday even Nig, of congestive fever. Ilis
father in law, Mr. James Dryden, was left
to watch the corpse during the night, but 011
Monday morning was found with his throat
cut, having committed suicide under the in
fluence of the depression of spirits which the
death of his relative had occasioned. Both
gentlemen were old and much esteemed resi
dents of Frankfort.
Nine deaths from lightning have been re
ported from the A Vest, within four or live
weeks.
The son of the late Dr. Maeklear. was car
ried over the Niagara Falls 011 Sunday.
Methodist Episcopal Conference?Sixth Day.
Buffalo, May 7.?Seventy-three peti
tions for a change of the slavery rules, and
two against, were presented to-day.
Bishop Morris presented the answer of
the British Wesley an Conference to the
Methodist Episcopal Conference of America.
The address, among other congratulations,
expresses warm satisfaction at the existing
se: iment in the American Church on the
subject of slavery; also a communication
from the same conference to the bishops of
the Methodist Episcopal church, regretting
their inability to send a deputation to the
present conference, and expressing the hope
that such a deputation will be sent in lSij-l.
The letter also acknowledges the receipt of a
communication from the llock lliver Con
ference 011 the subject of slavery, but declin
ing to take any action thereon, from defer
ence to its American brethren. The latter
also expresses the hope that the Americsin
church will take such action as shall finally
separate itself from all connection with that
institution.
Bishop Morris also presented an address
from the pastors of the annual conference of
France and Switzerland, held at Paris, June
22, 1859. The address gives a favorable re
port of the progress of Methodism 011 the
European continent.
On motion of Rev. Henry Sliccr, the com
mittee on correspondence was instructed to
inquire and report in regard to the state- !
111 ent that the British conference had been
memorali'/.od by the llock Kiver Annual
Conference.
The Chair announced as the special com
mittee to prepare a plan for the disposal of
appeals, Messrs. Moody, Clark, Xelson, Por
ter, Hitchcock, <?riHith and Leddv.
The Charleston Troubles.
Nothing has been, as yet, definitely settled
as ti> the programme to be carried out at
Baltimore. The South must be conciliated,
so as to act as a unir. Hut how that is to he
done, is a question which is now puzzling and
perplexing the leaders.
Some of the Charleston delegates now
here, report that at Weldon, North Carolina,
and at Petersburg, V irginia, they were sur
rounded by an enthusiastic crowd, who de
manded that they should stay and get up
Douglas meetings in those places. These
facts they state to show the sentiment of the
Southern people in reference to the late oc
currences at Charleston. The delegates are
generally swearing mad at the Southern pol
iticians, though most of them prefer to think
Mr. Douglas is secure of the nomination at
Baltimore. Many of his shrewdest friends, i
however, concede that his chances are doubt- i
ful.
The President appears to be as much op
posed to the nomination of Breckinridge as
he is to that of Douglas. Politics on all
sides here are assuming a most singular
shape, and it is an impossibility to tell whith
; er we are tending. The Southern seceding
delegates will not yield under anv circum
stances, unless the Democratic Convention
at Baltimore agrees to give them the Plat
form they desire. Their demands are ex
tremely ultra in their character, and with
the platform they desire, the Northwestern
wing of the Democracy say it would be im
possible to carry a single State north of Ma
son and Dixon's line, 110 matter who is the
candidate.? ll'a.s/i. C'orr.o/X. Herahl.
Amusing Mistake.
A well-known minister in Chelsea, Mass.,
was greatly surprised, some time since, at
receiving an epistle from* a lady friend at
Cape Ann. containing sundry and divers
female confidences relative to her approach
ing marriage, and an urgent request to send
immediately a "hoop skirt." The minister
was completely dumbfounded. It was a
strange epistle for him to receive, but there
was the superscription, Rev. , as plain
as could be. J11 the course of the day, how
ever, the mystery was cleared up, and it ap
peared that a fair correspondent had indited
two letters, one to the reverend requesting his
presence to tie the marriage knot, and the
other to a female friend, enlarging on the
anticipated occasion, and requesting her ser
vices in procuring that highly useful article
a hoop skirt, liy some hocus pocus the let
ters were placed in the wrong envelopes, but
the rightful owners exchanged letters, and
the minister and hoop skirt were both there!
?Jianyor (Mc.) Timt.i.
Philadelphia and New York.?It is sta
ted, in a New York paper, tiiat the actual
population of New York is OOO.uOO, and that
by in'-'uding Brooklyn and Williamsburg
on Long Island, and Jlobokenand Jersey City
in New .Jersey, the population of New York
will soon be "a million and a quarter?equal
to that ol Paris, which numbers its age by
centuries." The Census of 1850 returned
New \ork as having a population of 515,*
547.
The present pnpuJation of Philadelphia, it
is said, exceeds (>50,000. If the inhabitants
ot adjacent parts?such as Camden, (ilouces
ter, Burlington, Bristol, Beverley, and such
places, on the banks of the Delaware, are
included?the numbers would be greatly
swelled out. Philadelphians say there is
very little difference between the respective
populations of New York and Philadelphia;
that there are more strangers and visitors in
New \ ork, and a far greater number of per
manent residents in Philadelphia.
Photography.?A very remarkable fact
comes out in connection with the volume of
Lord Brougham's "Mathematical and Physi
cal Tracts," just published by Messrs. Griffin.
One of the papers, on the subject of light
and colors, was published in the Philosophi
cal I ransactions of 1700. The copy sent to
the Royal Society, contained remarks 011 the
effect of exposing a plate of ivory stained
with nitrate of silver to the rays of the spec
trum, and also on the result of submitting
the plate to the rays passing through a small
aperture into a dark room. These sugges
tions were considered by Sir C. Blagden, to
relate more to art than to pure science, and
were accordingly omitted from the published
copy. Had they appeared, it is morally cer
tain that they would have led to the immedi. j
ate discovery of photography fifty years ear- 1
lier than its actual introduction. In spite j
of its abstruse nature, a new edition of the '
volume was required in a week.?EmjH.sk ;
Paper.
Reservoir family flour?a superb
1 article for Family use, fur sale by the ilray 1
lutul or larger quuutity, at Baltimore prices.
uuy y JAJV1ES C. XEYJCTT.
Virginia News.
The Fredericksburg Herald records the
sales of several pieces of property in that
place and neighborhood lately?"Col. Chas.
Bullard of Spotsylvania county purchased a
few days ago, from the Trustees of Henry L.
Brooke, esq., that tine piece of real estate in
Stafford county, known as "Salvington." It
contains SOD acres and was sold at $10 per
acre, aggregating $12,800. Col. B. was of
fered an advance of several thousand dollars
on the purchase a few days after it had been
made. The late residence of Judge Conway
was sold recently by the Executors of the es
tate, to Mr. A. K. Phillips, for the sum of
$6,250. The house and lot recently improv
ed by Mrs. E. A. Fitzgerald, on Water street,
has been sold by that lady to-Chas. C. Smith,
lately of Essex county, for $2,250."
The Petersburg (Ya.) "Intelligencer'' con
sents to the transfer of the "Panhandle ' to
Pennsylvania, or Ohio. It says:?"The peo
ple of the Panhandle cannot be considered
very desirabie in association with .slavehol
ders, when they harbor all the Underwoods
and Caldwells?the Arnolds of our domes
tic institutions. We are disposed to sell
the Panhandle, and cheaply. We would
close it out at a price the interest on which
will pay the taxes which it now puts into
the treasury. Let us get rid of it before
the year 1865, when we shall probably have
an "irrepressible" contest for ad valorem tax
ation/'
The Court of Appeals is now in sessiou at
Richmond. On Tuesday several cases were
?decided. Among them, Robertson's execu
tor vs. Latham and others. Argued by A.
A. Morson.an# B. 11. Welford for appellants.
No counsel for appellee. Decree of Circuit
Court of Jefferson county reversed.
A writ of error superseding the judgment
of the Circuit Court of Richnntod, was award
ed in the case of John II. Melton, who was
sentenced a few days ago to three years in
the penitentiary, for shooting P. 0. Simms,
of the Exchange Hotel.
Several persons have been presented be
fore the grand jury of Lynchburg for keep
ing keno tables, and for indulging in that
"renowned" game, which the authorities
claim to be illegal. The defendants contem
plate putting in a plea for the legality of the
'game. It is emphatically the keeper's game,
for, in case ten men were to furnish ten dol
lars each, and play lor ten hours, tfi'G owner
of the table would be for the whole hundred
dollars, merely for the privilege of pitu/ing
at his table.
On Sunday, a man named Robert Bowie,
of Prince George's county, Md., wa? accosted
at Portsmouth, Ya., by two men, who in
duced him to drink. He soon alter relapsed
into insensibility, and while in that condi
tion was robbed ol $260, all the money he
possessed. Bowie reached Baltimore in the
Norfolk boat on Monday, and went on to
Washington, intending to efl'ect the capture
ol' the robbers, who had gone to that place,
lie alleges he was drugged.
The hopes of the 50th Regiment have been
at length realized by the formation of a fine
troop numbering some 00. The Loudoun
Mirror says that "they arc a line looking set
of fellows, and will make capital soldiers.?
An election was held at Wheatland, last Sat
urday, for officers, which resulted in tiie elec
tion of T. M. C. Paxton as Captain,
Clarke, 1st Lieutenant, and James Smith,
2nd Lieutenant. We think they decided
upon grey for their uniform."
The Corporation election in Leesburgeame
off on Saturday last, and resulted in the
choice of J. M. Orr for Mayor, Joseph Berk
ley for Recorder, and B R. Atwell for Town
Sergeant. The following gentlemen were
elected Couneilmen:?W. B. Lynch, O. R.
[lead, Wm.'HalI. Wm. Cliue, Alex. Poland,
J. 11. Kaighn, David Steadman. C. Ball,
L. W. S. Hough, F. M. Henderson, C. 1>.
Wildmau, G. K. Fox, jr.
The Spring term of Clarke County Circuit j
Court commenced next Saturday, the 12th. J
The three important trials which will pro- !
bably occupy the entire session of the Court, j
are the criminal, (Turner vs. Duke.) the ;
breach of marriage promise, (Burns vs. Ber- j
lin) and the Littleton Will cases. They i
will he taken up and disposed of in the order ;
above stated.
The members of the order ofK.G.C., j
residing in Richmond, (says the Examiner i
of the 7th,) met in conclave on Saturday j
night, and adopted a resolution not to have j
anything more to do with the order, unless j
the chief. General Biekley, clears up certain ?
charges affecting his character, or in de- }
fault of that, a competent person is put in !
his stead.
A correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch
writing from Lynchburg, says:?"A thresh
ing machine and gleaner was exhibited in
this city on last Friday by Mr. John J. Hol
low, of Fredericksburg, which, a?< a Virginia
invention, is deserving notice. Being put in
operation in the presence of several judges,
it was pronounced to be the most superior
gleaner even seen in this vicinity."
The Fredericksburg Herald says:?"The
wheat crop between this and Spotsylvania C.
II. has improved to a degree almost unpre
cedented within the last month. Most of it
now looks thrifty and promises well: Most
of the farmers have completed the planting
of corn, or are now concluding. In many
instances the corn is up and in thriving con
dition."
Col. J. II. Timberlake, of Albemarle, was
elected Colonel of the 37th Regiment, Vir
ginia Militia, last week, although he has not
yet attained the age of 21 years, lie was
educated at Col. Strange's Military Academy,
in Charlottesville, and is represented as an
excellent officer, lie is probably the young
est officer of the same grade in the State.
Several of the Merchants of Richmond
have lately sailed for Europe, for the purpose
of purchasing goods, and importing them j
directly to James river. Others are to iol- I
low in a short time. The lirst vessel of the j
Virginia and Liverpool line of packets is ex- '
pected to arrive in a short time.
The people of Rye Valley, in Smyth eoun- j
ty, Va., are greatly afflicted by what seems j
to be a contagious inflammation of the throat.
Rufus K. Williams and five of his family
have died with it?besides a number of the
citizens ot that valley.
At Grayson Court-house, Va., last week,
thejury in a case of Mitchell vs. Waddle, a
slander suit, rendered a verdict for the plain
tiff, putting his damages at ?3,000. The
plaintiff feed his counsel to the tune of ?1,
500.
iu Fredericksburg on Thursday night last,
a man named Thomas Lewis, shot at and
badly wounded another man named Elijah
liowlin. Lewis was arrrested and held to !
bail, but subsequently made his escape.
Dan Rice's Circus was in full blast, in :
Fredericksburg, on Monday night, when the j
the storm came. There was some alarm ere- ;
ated "under the tent," but no damage was ;
done.
The most exciting colt-race ever run
over the Petersburg course, was won, ou
Tuesday, by the Maryland colt Eugenie,
owned by Bowie J. llall, ot Prince Georges
County.
A man named Thompson J. Sullivan, of
Falmouth, in a fit of mania! on Saturday
last, it is believed jumped from the bridge at
that place, ana wus drowned.
The National Constitutional Union Convention.
This body, composed of representatives
from nearly all the States of the Union, will
occupy the edifice formerly occupied by the
First Presbyterian Church, corner of Fayette
and North streets. For several days past
the Committee of Arrangements have been
engaged in the preparation of the building
for the sessions of the Convention, and the
interior presents a handsome appearance.?
The stand for the presiding officer has been
erected on the site of the pulpit, which will
enable that gentleman to command a full
view of the house. On each side, and above
the ranges of pews, directly facing the pul
pit, have been erected platforms, which will
accommodate the Vice-Presidents and dis
tinguished guests of the Convention.
Immediately in front of the presiding offi
cers stand, will be seats and desks for the
Secretaries, whilst the front row of pews of
the central aisles have been set apart for the
accommodation of the reporters. Immedi
ately above the neat of the presiding officer
has been suspended a fine full length paint
ing of the Father of his Country, surmount
ed by a large gilded eagle. The United
States itag gracefully falls around the whole.
The extensive panelling of the side galleries
has been decorated with red, white and blue
cloth, and the spades between the pillars
supplied with rosettes. Under the organ gal
i lery, and above it, the national flag is appro
j priately displayed, and the space recently
; occupied by the magnificent organ and choir
; of the congregation, has been filled with
! seats. Notwithstanding the building is rath
I er small for the accommodation of such a
body, (not exceeding 1,500 scats,) yet its
! central location, convenient access from all
: the hotels, and unsurpassed ventilation and
light, will give it favor to all who may at
tend.
The large Sabbath School building ad
joining the church edifice, has been put in
good order, and will be used by the various
committees during the session of the Con
vention. It is said that there are delegates
from twenty-six States. The Convention will
be called to order at noon, when prayer will
be offered by the Jlev. Jauies D. McOabe, D.
1>., Rector of St. Stephen's Church. The
west gallCry of the building will be reserved
exclusively for the accommodation of the
i ladies. Preparations are now being made at
Monument Square for the ratilicatiou meet
ing. Above the platform for the officers and
speakers of the meeting, will spring an arch
.')(> feet in height, which will be supported by
j two pillars, and illuminated with gas jets,
j The most prominent features will be represen
i tations of W ashington and Clay, between
j which will appear appropriate inscriptions,
j During yesterday, a largo number of dele
! gates f'ruui various sections of the country
: arrived in the city, and proceeded to the
: rooms of the Committee, and registered their
j names. The head quarters uf the various
j delegations sire principally at IJarnum's or
! the F.utaw House, each hotel having about
the .same number.?liall. American.
Mk. I Wh o i. a s and his Enemies.?"Occa
sional" writes from Washington to the ^hil
adelphia Press tlcit the "administration"
?mil. tin; "fire-eaters" are bent upon the de
struction of Mr. Douglas:?
"There is to be no quarter shown him or
any of his friends. lie is to be uttered up as
a sacrifice, and they are to be hunted out of
public life. The fact is, no Northern man
who dares to differ from the pro-slavery lea
ders can ever hope to regain their confidence.
I(f is foredoomed, and thin forever.
"J)o not suppose that I abandon the elec
tion of Judge Douglas. On the contrary, it
may be achieved by the continued resolution
ami unity of his lriends. He and they have
a fierce contest before them, but they will
succeed if they so conduct themselves, as I
have oo doubt they will. 1 he necessities ol
the ease?the implacable hostilities of the
lire-eaters?will make and will keep them up
to the mark. And in such a moral battle as
this, do you suppose they will not awaken
the enthusiasm of others? They may lose,
as they have already lost, many votes in the
South, but. will they not conquer thousands
even in that section, and tens of thousands
in the North, if they are prudent, brave,
and, as at Charleston, devoted to the Con
stitution?" _
A Land Case.?A verdict for $35,000 was
yesterday rendered by a jury in the United
States Circuit Court, against John A. Wash
ington el ul., ol \ irginia, in lavor of Mahlon
iMJgden, trustee of the Chicago Land Cotn
panv.
The suit was brought to recover the amount
of the first payment on a contract for
000, the price to be paid for a tract of land,
known as the John S. Wright tract, on the
North branch. The contract was executed
about the middle of last summer, and stipu
lated for the payment of ?35,000 in sixty
days, and the balance in one, two and three
years. Upon the payment of the $35,000 a
deed was to be executed to Mr. Washington
by the land company, and certain securities
bv him to them. A misunderstanding grew
up as to the nature of these securities, and
the money was not paid. 1 he defence was
based upon the ground that the securities
demanded were not in accordance with the
contract. ?Chicayo Republican, May 0.
The African Slave Trade In the North.
?The African slave trade would appear to
be in a flourishing condition, if we can judge
from the number of slavers, or suspected sla
vers which are continually clearing from
this and adjacent ports. 1 he escape of the |
Storm king, the other day, from the surveil
lance of the federal authorities, is not a nov
el affair, although it is the first time, we be
lieve, in which the delinquent officials were !
brought to account. There is no doubt that I
vessels are fitted out by the score every year
for the African slave trade, and owing to the
corruption which exists among the subordi
nate federal officers, they manage to make
good their departure unmolested, or .it best
subjected only to a temporary detention.
Curious enough, too, nearly all vessels en
gaged in this illegal traffic are built a.udlil
ted out in the North?the fanatical, anti-sla
very North?that raves so fiercely about the
sufferings of the negro race. AV e rarely hear
of a slaver clearing from a Southern port.?
X. V. Herald.
A Large 1)av's Business.?The clearan
ces at the custom house, yesterday, were the
largest of any previous day this reason,
amounting to three American and one Span
ish ships, an American and a Spanish burk,
and two American and one Spanish brigs?
in all nine sail. Eight of these vessels were
cotton laden, having on board 15,224 bales
of the staple. There was besides 40,826
feet of lumber, 4 M staves, 7 rolls leather, 2
do. cloth, 3 bbls. glass, 200 dry hides, and 1
case and 1 chest merchandise. With the
exception of the two American brigs, all of
the cargoes j^o to foreign ports, and are val
ued at $730,21Hi.4S. Add to this the value
of the coastwise exports, and the total will
bo found to fall a little short of one million
dollars.? Mobile Advertiser, April 2S/A.
I71 ARM FOR SALE.?The FARM recently oc
. cupied by .Mrs. Dudley Fitzhngh, is offered
for sale. Possession to lie given in time to fallow
for tho wheat crop this fall. This beautiful little
l'AKM lies on Cedar Run, about 7 miles from
Warrentou, and 3 or 4 from Catlett'a Station, on
the Orunge and Alexandria Railroad. It contains
325 ACRES?about 1st' of whieli are cleared?
the balance in timber?a portion of which is very
line?of the cleared land SO ueres are Cedar Run
low grounds. The DWELLING and out
tflijji houses in good repair. A liberal credit will
be given. For terms of sale, or any other infor
mation, apply to GEO. T. FITZUUGI1.
Brandy Station, Culpoper Co., my 10?eotf_
]7USIl BARRELS.? li>0 new Fish Barrels, lor
. sale low, by [iny 10J WHEAT 4 BR0.
President Making.
The resolutions of the caucus of the Demo,
cractic Senators are to be taken up lor c?>n"
sideration, and Mr. Jefferson Davis is to
speak in their support. This will 1* the
chief debate of the session, and will have a
direct bearing upon the action of the South
ern Convention, which is to be held at Rich,
mond on the 11th June, and of the adjourn
ed National Democratic Oouvention, which
is to be held at Baltimore on the ltith June
The Charleston Convention was broken Up
and divided, chiefly on account of the l'lat
forui difficulty. The question involved in
this dispute is to be the prominent one, not
only in the Conventions, but in tlie Presi
dential canvass. Therefore, it may be well
to devote attention to the fact that the major
ity resolutions einbracc every point of tlie
Senate resolutions, and declare the same doc
trines as to Territorial Governments?equal
rights of States in Territories?the duty o{
the Federal Government to protect ths&e
righu?the time when sovereignty commen
i ces, &c.
The first resolution of the Majority Report,
which the Seceders re-affirmed, is substanti
ally the same with the Senate resolutions (J
and 4. The second resolution of the former
is the same in substance with the 5th resolu
tion ot the latter. The 3d of the former is
similar to the Oth of the latter. The 5th of
the former is the 7th of the latter.
It is probable that the Senate resolution*,
as reported by the Senate Democratic Cau
cus, will be adopted by Senate majority, and
thus be an instruction to the Southern Con
vention, and an admonition to the Nation
al Convention. It will be seen also that the
Platform Committee at Charleston, strictly
obeyed the direction of the Senate Caucus in
the formation of a Platform. 1 do not say
that it is not a very sound one, but that it
had its origin here, and that a part of the
project, that is, ot secession, in case it was*
adopted by the Convention, has been duly
Carried out.
There is scarcely any doubt that the South
ern Convention will be held at the tim?? :ind
place appointed, and that in it will be rep
resented all the Southern States, and that
the Convention will nominate a Southern
President on that platform?no matter what
may be done at Baltimore. Great efforts, 1
know, are being made to defeat the scheme,
even by Southern men, but nevertheless it
will prevail. As to the adjourned Conven
tion to be held at Baltimore, it will only
meet, to get into a dead-look. It will! im
possible to nominate any one under the fvo
thirds rule as construed to mean 202 votes.
Then, if that rule be set anide, the conse
quence will be a disruption of the Conven
tion, and a merely sectional nomination,
made by the delegates from the Republican
States, which cannot obtain probably a sin
gle electoral vote.? Waxhinyton Corrujm
deuce of New York Journal of Commerce.
The Late Ex-Gov. Tazewell.
The Norfolk Herald has the following
obituary of the distinguished deceased:
lie was born in the ancient city ol Wil
liamsburg, in the year 1774: was educatedat
William and Mary College; studied law under
the late John Wickham, of Richmond, and
commenced the practice of his profession in
his native city.
llis first public service was in the Legisla
ture of Virginia, of which he was a memkr
when the Madison resolutions of \~M w.*re
adopted. The next year he was elected to
Congress, and aided in the choice of .Mr. Jef
ferson over Aaron Burr.
He declined a re-election to Congress, and
moved to Norfolk in 18<>l. where be at once
commanded a large and lucrative practice,
and was soon distinguished among the most
distinguished in the State. At the instanee
of the President of the United States, he
argued the Yazoo case, with great ability,
and added greatly to his reputation by his
arguments in the Court of Appeals ot Virgin
ia, in some of the most important cases in
that Court. His last professional effort was
when he appeared at the bar ol the Supreme
Court of the United States, in what was com
monly known at the time as the "Cochineal"
case. At this time he was of counsel with
Mr. Webster, and opposed by Wm. Pinck
ney, of Maryland. It was during this ex
citing trial that Mr. Pinckney died i
denly.
Perhaps no forensic display in our country
has been more distinguished for profound
and scientific professional lore, than in hi*
frequent contents in our immediate Court*,
with his great competitor, the late .Judge
Taylor. In these contests the principles of
civil, municipal and maritime law weredis
cussed with an ability which, at the time,
commanded general admiration, and lilted
the advocates to the highest point of profes
sional fame.
Mr. T '/.ewell was appointed in 1^-^ one
of the Commissioners under the Florida
Treaty, and this work accomplished, he was
elected to the Senate of the U. States, where
I he found no superior even in the dayofl'lay,
Calhoun and Webster.
His last public service was as the flovernor
of this State, which office he resigned before
the expiration of his term, and returned to
this city, where he ever since resided, an
jest of affection and admiration to all?'ur
citizens.
[Communicated.
Lnitv.?A Virginia and evidently l>?>ug
las delegate to the Charleston Convention
says, that the South made a great mistake iu
requiring Congressional protection of slavery
in the Territories. This astute delegate sure
ly does not duly apprehend the Southern
position upon the questiou, or must he prone
to forego it in order to secure the "unity of
the party" for the retention of place and
power. If he believes in the Southern priu
ciple that neither Congress nor a Territorial
Legislature can prohibit slavery in a Terri
tory, it was certainly not a mistake to insint
upon such Congressional protection as might
be essential to maintain Southern right".
Why, Mr. Douglas himself, in his Harper
essay, declares most emphatically, if not de
cidedly tauntingly, that if "the Constitution
confers the right of protection in the enjoy
ment of slave property in the Territories
regardless of the wishes of the people and
the action of the Territorial Legislature, 'l
is the imperative duty of Congress to sup
ply all the legislation necessary to its pro
tection." Believing as the South does that
the Constitution confers such protection, it
only acted in accordance with the opinion of
Mr. Douglas in requiring "of Congress ?>
supply all the legislation necessary to .ts
protection." For requiring a guarantee that
Mr. Douglas said the South ought not W
forego, the Douglasites now charge that the
South made a great mistake!! If it he Con
stitutional to carry slaves into a Territory,
as the South declares, it is a right that should
be uncompromisingly maintained. Those,
however, who are content that the "unity ot
the party" should override the rights ot the
States, will, of course, bo fully content with
any scheme that will secure the spoils; hut
others who peril "party unity" in order to
the maintainance of an important principle#
surely give the highest evidence of political
integrity, and are fully entitled to the svm
pathyo'fall defenders of the Constitution.
would faithfulness be folly! 31.
[Communicated.
The condition of Wilkes street, between
Pitt and Iloyal, claims the immediate atten
tion of the proper authorities, as it is almoaf
impassible for "Man or Beast/'