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Saturday Morning, April 13, 1830.
LARGEST CIRCULATION!
CP* The Daily Mobnino News has now a circu
lation larger than that of BOTH THE OTHER DAI-
LIES TOGETHER, and consequently is the best
advebtising medium. We state this fact in justice
to ourselves and for the benotit of the advertising
public.
Pff 8ee first page for our rates of advertising.
Kp* Advertisements should be handed in at an
early hour, to insure thoir appearance in the paper of
the next morning. ,
Death.—-A gentleman named W. A. Wal-
LAP, fay advanced in conBiimptiqn, came
* passenger on board tho steamer St. Matthews,
on her last trip to this city, from Jacksonville,
* Fla./with the intention of taking passngo for
Charleston. He took passngo on the General
Clinch, on Wednesday alternoon, but died
before tho bont’left the wharf. Wo understand
ho was a resident of Charleston, and that his
friends here have sent his body to that city for
interment.
Atheneum—Miss Cushman’s Farewell
Benefit.—To-night is tho lust time we will
have an opportunity of witnessing tho perfor
mances of this talented lady. Wo understand
that after playing a few short engagements, she
will leave the stage, which she has so much
adorned with heygenius and talents, and retire
to private life, for the adornment of which she
is no loss qualified by her many accomplish
ments and charms of character.
The entertainments of tho night have doubt-
loss been selected with a view to the fullest
display ol her extraordinary powers. No great
er contrast of character could possibly be pre
sented chan that afforded by tho porsonution of
Meg Mcrrilet, in Guy Mannering, and Juliana
in the H'oneJ Moon; in either of which, we ven
ture the assertion that Miss C. has not, nor
never had a superior. Those who see her in
those two characters to-night, will not soon
. forget her personation of them.
Good Dividend.—The Directors of the
Georgia Railroad and Banking Company have
declared a semi-annual dividend of Three Dol
lars and ha alf per share, payable after the 15ih
ipst.
fe# 1 ' Gov. Sk* brook, of Sou tit Curolina,
having tendered tho appointment of U. 8. Sen
ator, to fill tho vacancy occasioned by the death
of Mr. Calhoun, to Hon. Langdon Cheves,
that gentleman declines to accept on account
of extieme age and ill health. In replying to
the Governor, ho says:—“I am now nearly sev
enty-four yoars of age, and have been for up
wards of thirty yours retired from the public
service, with an absoluto^de termination never
to return to it. Besides, toy health, although
n<>$ bad,, is' such as to disqualify mo for the
arduous duties of such an office.
S • '— ._ _ ,
137* Mr. Hewlett, the distinguished Tem
perance Lecturer, who has been lecturing to
crowded audiences for the past week, at Au
gusta. took passage on Wednesday evening, for
this city.
• Mr. Hewlett has been engaged in the
Temperance cause for tho past eight years, in
^different purls of tho United States, and has
recently been Invited to act us State Lecturer
by the State Temperance Society.
in John Franklin.—The Minnesota Pion-
hus tho following. It has reference no
doubt to the rumor which has already reached
us through tho correspondence of the New
York Commercial:
A rumor was in circulation at the moutli of
Croiv Wing River on Thursday lust, tlmt a par
ty of E squimaux were nr. Gull Luke, having just
arrived troin Hudson Bay. The report huving
been two months en route, and that Sir John
Franklin with his ships, had been seen during
the past winter, frozen in the ice. A second
report changes it to the ship Plover which was
seen frozen. The Plover, it will be remember
ed was out in search of Sir John.
Mr. Warren, of Gull lake, writes on the 5lh
of Murch-Ed. Pioneer: Sir. I spsid thisbyalmlf
breed from Pembina, who came on express to
Fort Seedling, from the North West Expedi
tion ship Plover, whose crew have entered Mc
Kenzie’s rivgf, and are wintering at Fort
George.
The Philadelphia Ledger is of opinion thut if
Sir John is found at ail, it will be in James'
Hudson’s Bay, and suggests that the above re'
port 1ms arrived in good time, to be tested by
the expedition now fitting out in New York.
Iree Trade in England.—Among the
miscellaneous items of intelligence which we
have not seen in tho compilations of the Eng.
lish news, is the statement that twenty-two
mills in .Rochdale and its neighborhood have
stopped working altogether and that a conoid
o ruble number will bo reduced to short time.
This state of things is attributed to the free
trade theory of Mr. Cobden, who, says the ed
itor of tho Liverpool Mail, told “the legion of
fools, who put faith in the vulgar impostor
that if the corn laws men repealed the prosper
ity of the manufacturing districts would be
increased—that every laborer would bo a hap
pier and better-fed. man—that morn mills and
churches and chapels would be built—that
I rise—that even the formers would
; all classes would reach
rt and contmtednfss pre'
After descanting rather severely upon those
who adopted thisfuith, the editor remarks—
“And now we see tho issue. The factories
ure slopping. Tho profit of their labor MU
not pay-far the steam. The bucket is suspend
ed in the well. Free trade is Ijeggaring its
own ignorant and selfish advocates’. We knew
it would come to this. It lias come! '
Mr. Granti.y Bekly, a supporter of tho
Whig Ministry, also came in for a pretty sound
rating. The editor says of him—
Without some charitable resource he would
not now, though a member of parliament, have
u coat to his back. His West India properly,
once worth upwards of £100,000, is now not
worth one farthing. It is gone. Ho was what
is called a liberal, and his liberal politics have
ruined him, as they are ruining hundreds of
the same school and class per day. Moiling
himself in this sinking, or rather sunken state,
he writes a letter to Lord John Russell,in which
he stales that he can no longer bo a suoporter
of tho noble lord’s administration. Ho says
that the Whigs, in servile imitation of Sir Rob
ert Peel’s policy, are ruining the nation, and
lie will not have upon his conscience anv part
of tho responsibility of u calamity so fearful.
Such uro said to bo the fruits office trade
in England. It should bn borne in mind how
ever, that this is a partisan view of the subject,
and that probably the other side would bring ar
guments oqually cogent in support of the theory
so harshly denounced by thAlail. Free trade
in Englund, too, is a very different thing from
free trade in the United States. In the
former it moans the abolition of the prohibito
ry duties on corn, wh'le here it means the ab
olition of protective duties on manufactures. In
England it strikes at the landed interests, while
hero it is believed to promote those interests.
The system has its friends and its enemies here
and there, und time alone can prove its wisdom
nr its folly.
[3?* We mentioned some time since the ru
mor that the notorious Ryndcrs had been com
missioned ks bearer of dispatches to California.
We doubted the rumor ut the time, and have
looked for its contradiction since. Wo noticed
a few days since a paragraph in the N. Y. Mir
ror, a whig paper, asking for information on
the subject. ' The last number received of that
paper contains a letter from Washington which
we take to bo from Mr. Anderson, Chief Clerk
in the War Department, in answer to the en
quiries of the^editor, from which v.'e take the
following extract, which will explain the
grounds of tho rumor alluded to : The writer
says—
I will venture a decided opinion, that Ryu-
dets boro no despatches from any of the De
partment of this Government. But it is due to
truth to say, that he showed to rr.e and others,
before he left, a commision as bearer of des
patches, which Mi. Clayton had given him for
the sole purpose of facilitating his departure
and journey. This he declared to me, and
this is the whole truth. For my own part ill
though I knew nothing of the transaction prior
to the moment when the commission was shown
to me, I have no doubt thut Mr. Clayton acted
from the best of motives, socially, politically
and officially; such motives, indeed, as-I would
suppose would be likely to meet with the heai
ty approval of nil those who do not desire the
jight of his (Ryniter's) countenance” in New
York. ' *
A new rotary printing machine has been in
vented in London, which is said to he a great
improvement upon any now in use. It consists
of a series of lateral cylinders, and occupies
little more than half tho'spacoof the American
machine. Tho printing is from stereotype, not
from the inetulic type, and the number of co
pies thrown oil’ by ono machine per hour is 15,-
000. Euch cylinder carries a continuous sheet
equal to 2,000 copied of a journal, and each co
py is cut off by the machine and tolded. The
paper is not damped; the impression is sup
erior to any produced on damped paper. 1 he
stereotyping is an almost miraculous process.
In the ordinary course of stereotyping several
hours are required; here it is the work of fif
teen minutes. A few sheets of tissue paper
are placed together und pnssod upon tho form
containing the types. Thus tho mould is form
ed, the metal is poured upon it, and ns soon as
it is cold the stereotypes ure ready fur the cylin-
From Washington.
Tho Washington Correspondent of the Now
York Commercial, under date of April 6th
says:—
At half past three o’olock this afternoon, just
after the yeas and nays had been called, on an
amendment to Mr Foote’s resolution for a
committee to consider and report upon all the
questions concerning slavery now pending in the
Senate, Mr. Clay declared that he u'as in favor
of committing tho question of admitting Cali
fornia with the rest.
Tliis declarationWas heard with surprise,
for Mr. Clay has heretofore expressed u pref
erence for tho consideration of tho California
question separately from all others. Moreover without the sHght est accident,
had not Mr. U. made those remarks, I think it — *
Melancholy Accident.—On Monday last,
about 12 o’clock, as tho down train of passen
ger cars was about start! 'g from Griffin, lhom-
ns, the oldest son of Mr. John Coppedge, who
had gone on board, in endouvorit g to jump oft',
lipped and fell, with one of his legs lying
along the rail. A wheel of the car passed over
it lengthwise, cutting the flesh from the hone
p to the knee- On Tuesday it was found ne
cessary to amputate the limb, which operation
the lad survived only a few hours, and died in
tho evening. He was a promising youth, about
fifteen years of age.— Griffin Jeffersonian.
Maryland Odd Fellowship.—It appears
from recent statistics that there nro upwards
of 7,000 members of the various lodges in Bal
timore, and more than 9,000 in the Stale. The
amount of contributions received during the
last quarter is $15,806 11; expenditures for
charities to the Order, $9,098 53—leaving a
surplus of $6,707 53.
fF" The following is a specimen of the par
agraphs that aie circulated in the'nortliern pa
pers with a view to increase the prejudice a-
guinst the South ;
John M. Barrett, Esq., who was arrested in
South Carolina on suspicion of being opposed
to shivery, and subsequently released on bail,
died at Dublin, Indiana, on the 23rd. The
New Oustle Courier says, he died of a dis
ease, brought on by long confinement within
the damp and unwholesome walls of a southern
prison.
Barrett was arrested in Spartanburg, for cir
culating incendinry documents, and endeavor
ing to incite insurrection. Ho was confined a
short time in jail, and subsequently released on
bail, which he forfeited. He is as likely to
havo died from any other cause, as from his con
finement in jail.
Effects of the Frost.—Tho Baton
Rouge Gazetto of lust Saturday says:
The severe frost of Wednsedny and Thurs
day iiigh.s have destroyed the fruit and other
tender vegetation. The cane and Cotton have
suffered an irreparable injury, some fields be
ing totally destroyed. The river at this place
is very high, but remains at a stand.
The St. Francisville Chronicle (West Felici
ana) of the 30th ult. has tho following :
On Sunday night we had a slight frost, that
dealt hardly with the cotton and corn crop,
which, on many plantations in our parish, had
just made its appearance above the earth.
The freeze on Wednesday night has, we (ear,
totally destroyed both the cotton and corn.
. Philadelphia, April 6, 1850.
The launch of the steamship Susquehanna took
place this morning. She glided into the water
in most beautiful style, amid the acclamations
of the spectators, and a salute from the guns
stationed on the adjacent pier. Morton Mc-
Michael, Esq., was deputed to christen the
vessel with water from the noble stream after
which she is named, but he was unable to
break the bottle, and after two attempts it, fell
overboard unbroken. The following were the
words he made use of:—“I namo this good
ship Susquehanna, and I predict that in times
of peace she will be an ornament, and in time
of war a guide and honor to our naval service."
One of the sections for the dry dock was also
launched from the navy-yard about 8 o’clock,
probably that the vote would have been taken
at once; and if. Mr. Foote’s committee hud
been raised at all, this question would not
have been consigned to it, but must have been
permanently separated from all others. The
effect of Mr. C’s remarks wa« to reopen the
debate, and to postpone action. Mr Benton
took the floor, and commenced one of his pe
culiarly energetic speeches, and the Senate
adjourned.
Tlie stato of the question in the House is
nearly tho same as it is in the Senate. Mr.
McClernard 1ms introduced there a proposition
to connect the admission ot California with
that of organizing governments for the territo
ries, and the struggle about to begin is whether
Mr. Doty’s hill or thin shall have precedence.
.The Correspondent of the Baltimore Clip
per says:—
The rumors respecting changes, or an entire
change in tho Cabinet, increase and multiply ;
there may be some truth in them ; there ought
to be—for since the formation of the government
there never was a Cabinet so positively unpo
pular, in every sense of tho word. No oth
Cabinet ever existed that could not boast of a
single friend, or more enemies! Many of
those wno naturally might to be friends , are
equal in their enmity to the “bitter-ende-s.”
Whether tho members of the Cabinet deserve
it, I will not say ; hut this I will say, if they
had exerted themselves to make enemies, they
could not have succeeded better. General
Taylor has always meant well, intended wall,
and has done well whenever he could, blithe
has been tied up and misdirected; either from
want of knowledge and tact, or something
worse, by at least the controlling power of the
Cabinet.
The same writer says :—
It is supposed that the Hon. G. W. Craw-
ford, Secretnry of War, will resign his post so
soon as the Galphin Claim shall have been re
ported on.
The propeller steamship, built by Messrs.
Birelev So Son. of Kensington, was also
launched «l high tide in fine style. She is
named the Constitution, and will be ready to
take her place it) the Charleston line in about
a month, as her engines are all ready to put up,
and the heaviest portions are already on board.
Comparative stateme,.tof the business of
the Georgia Rail-Road for the two years end
ing 31st March, 1849 and 1850 respectively:
Frieglit, Mails,
Passengers. &c. Total.
1849-50—$189,650 45 $437,162 86 $626,813 31
1848-49— 166 484 04 415,530 55 582,014 59
Increase, 23,166 41
21,632 31
^*It is said that Coal has been discovered
near the sea coast in California. If the report
should, bo well founded, it may be of much im
portance to the success of ocean steam naviga
tion en the Pncifio. *
44,798 72
I3P The Cuban authorities have promulga
ted very stringent passenger regulations which
will be found very annoying to the inhabitants,
and persons visiting the Island in the steamers.
The following is a translation of a portion of
the ordinunce.
Transient passengers, with or without lan
ding permits, who remain on shore for any
cuuso, at ihe departure of the vessel, must pre
sent themselves immediately to comply with
the requisite of giving security to remain
here legally ; if they are foreigners they may
call upon tho Consuls of their respective na
tions, should they wish it, to rive notice through
these officers to tho authorities by writing. Pas
sengers neglecting to comply with these form
alities will incur a fino of ten dollars, mid be
compelled to leave the island;
Any person absenting himself from this is-
lund without the necessary passport, and the
captain of the vessel taking such person will
incur a fino of from twenty-five to ono thou
sand dollars each, without prejudice to other
measures that may be deemed proper to take,
according to the case and circumstances. These
fines cun Lie made effective immediately from any
property belonging to the individuals, or w hen
such individuals should be found, or return to
this island at any future time. .
Passengers of the steamers going away again
in the same vessel, and transient ones that to
continue their voyage have to await here the ar
rivnl of another, must have their passports
countersigned, or obtain new one* in conform
ity towhat is ordained in this article, and the
explanation of Ihe 1st of November.
[Correspondence of the Daily Morning News.]
PARIS, March 20, 1850.
Since writing my lust, a great political demonstra
tion lias taken place in rarie, und throughout several
of tlic Departments of France. I ulludo to the partial
elections of the 10th of this month. The result jus
tifies fully the remarks flint I ventured in my lust. I
stated tlint the Republic was gaining strength daily in
public opinion, nnil that the l unks of the opposition
party were losing ground—in fact, the Republican
Party gained, on the 10th of this month, one of the
most brilliant victories ever recorded ill the history of
Political parties, for, indeed, the victory was gained
over the enemies of Liberty, through the electoral
votes. It is the most severe rebuke tlint Royalty has
experienced. The defonted party are exasperated
nguinst universal suffrage; they forgot that they ex
tolled it lust year, when through it, they were raised
to power. I have lived long enough in the United
States to witness several Presidential elections, nnd 1
must confess, that never did tho American people dis
play so much dignity in exercising the most snered
right of a citizen, as tho Parisians did at their InBt
electoral struggle. I should, however, add, that it was
not the fault of the party in power, If this solemnity
was not stained with blood. The government did al 1
in its power to excite the least appearance of a row,
in order to impede the progressive march of ideas, by
some more stringent measures—but the wisdom of
the people at large, triumphed over those diabolical
machinations. The elections were conducted through
out the country with a tranquility and dignity that
gave to our young Republic high claims to the ndmi-
ration of her elder sister of the new world. The re
sult of these elections will add 21 members to the
ranks of the opposition, but morally speaking, these
21 members will change tlie majority into a minority.
The newspapers understand this so well, that they
urge this false majority to violate the constitution, to
avoid tlie triumph that awaits them in 1852. Now
that the people have obtained the right of expressing
their opinion legally, they have laid aside the cliarac
ter of insurgents that justice imposed on them, to
play the part of citizens; and wonderful to say, those
very Royalists who pretend to dread so much vio
lence and bloodshed, now are anxious that the ele'cto
ral votes should be withdrawn i'nom the people, in
order that support may he given to a throne that has
crumbled under tlie weight of its own corruption and
despotism.
Carnot, Vidal and DeFlotte, are the three Republi
can candidates that have triumphed in Paris, by a
vote of 132,797 votes, against 125,643 of tlie defeated
jiarty. In considering these two results under their
real uspect, the majority of the opposition is indeed
much larger than the figures indicate—for it is well
known thatpereonal interests, through the assistance
of the Clergy, of die Government, and the rich advo
cates of royalty, have procured at least 80,000 votes
The opposition party then musters from 40 to 45,000
independent voters—that is to say, men voting thro'
conviction. Again we should deduct from this num
ber, a vast body of merchants and contractors, who,
properly speaking, have no political opinions—but
yield in a great measure to the influence of their rich
patrons and employers. 1 give you these remarks,
they are well studied, and you may now judge if the
Republican party has anything to fear from the attacks
of the friends and supporters of royalty. Again,
what gives so much weight to this Republican ma
jority is, the fact that the army reckons 1000 votes
more than tne ranks of the opposition; and you inny
well suppose that every effort was made to prevent
such n result—a result that clearly proves to this Pre
sident, that his brow will never be encircled with an
imperial crown. I have said above that the govern
ment did its best to bring about a row und fracas. If
space would admit, 1 could sustain these assertions
from tlie violent articles that tlie journals publish
daily, to excite the people—hut ns I lack space nnd
time, I will content myself with giving you in a few
words a version of the whole matter.
To arrive at these infernal ends, the party in power
caused the liberty trees to be cut down. These trees
had been planted the day after the February revolu
tion. Not satisfied with this, they caused to be re
moved tcjthi.11 the last two weeks, the crowns that had
been deposited at the foot of the column erected in
July, at the base of which, were buried tlje bodies of
those citizens killed in the atruggle that produced the
Republic.
But those disgraceful insults were treated us they
deserved, with contempt. A change in the cabinet was
looked for after these elections, for indeed the coun
try could not protest with more vigor and energy
against the policy of the government, and the high
handed measures of the majority—but to the aston
ishment of all no change has taken place, with the
exception of the dismissal of Mr. Ferdinand Barrot,
whose place has been filled by Mr. Bnrochc, a man of
the reaction party, of mediocre capacity. The royidis t
journals carry their rage to such an extent that they
have ventured to publish the names of several mer
chants that voted for the candidates of the Republi
can party. These violations perpetrated upon the
constitution, and upon-the free exercise of tlie rights
of suffrage were denounced in the assembly by a mem
ber. The cubiuct, through Mr. Burrocho in replying
to this just and reasonable appeal, did hut add fuel to
fire. Mr. Segur d’Agueesau curried frankness so far,
as to say to Mr. Jule Favro, that the vote of the 10th
of March, was a war vote. Mr. Favre replied, you have
just given utterance to a revolutionary expression.
The assembly by a large majority have again
entrusted the education of the youth of the country
into the hands of the Jesuits. This law is rather
displeasing to the Republican party and will certiduly
he repealed in 1852.
The Politics of the other European powers are
pretty much in statu quo. The mediation offered
by France between England and Greeco has
been accepted by tho English cabinet The block
ade of Greece has ceased, if not in fact, at least
by right If idl tlie powers of Europe hud not
remonstrated at this iniquitous spoliation, Englnnd
would have swallowed the country, of Homer, as she
lias done so many before, to enrich not the English
people, but only the Aristocracy of the three united
kingdoms. But tliis impudent Aristocracy has seen
its best days. The spirit of reform, of justice, and
of intellectual progress has for some time past made
rnpid advances on British soil. Two or three days af
ter the elections of the 10th df March ono of the pa
pers in Paris published a letter from an Englishman
residing in Paris, in which letter he paid u high tribute
of respect to the French people for their moderate
and very orderly conduct at the elections. This
writer stated that after England had given to France
tlie example of a representative government, the
latter had laid it aside to establish a republic, on tlie
basis of universal suffrage, but that the English na
tion would not remain long behind the French as re
gards at least electoral reform. N ow what is to be
the future fate of English royidty 1
The Pope is still at Portici. The Spanish army that
was to cause his nominal authority to he respected has
just returned to Spuin. The greatest part of the
French army has left the states of Pious IX. It is
however, asserted that on the 5th of the month, at
n consistory held at Portici, it was decided, after
a long and sharp discussion, that the successor of St.
Peter should return to Rome at Easter, p —-
lieu wilt thou lie freed from the tyrants wl
nephew of Napolcan has recalled under ti„!°I n . ,lle
heaven. y bn 8lu
Germany is still in confusion. Her kings and i
thousand princes are disputing over the spoils
they have obtained in driving back liberty (; " "
unity will never take place under monarchical""* 11
emment. Tho Republicans look only f or a ftvor g °J'
opportunity to he quit of.Roy ally, but this option,,! ■!
is yet too lhr distant and remote. The R„„„
party in Germany lack great and influential a *"
that country should exchange her dreamins „hn
pliers for practical politicians. Rj Feift fltm * Wo '
her formidable armies towards Poland in ord t
she may avail herself of tlie first opportunity ,
dispatch the monster liberty that has been harr • °
hdr slumbers for some time, hut 1 do not for"
meat.entertain the thought that the Cossacks of nT
cdos will ever come and take n dish of soup wit]*, u
soldiers of the French Republic, and that f or ,
very cogent reasons: Prinio, before the Co ,.°
would rench France, they would lmvc to ovctc',
the German Republicans; Second, that the m 4
French Republicans nre not less dangerous t T
enemies of liberty, than those of 89, who, for25 v *
overcame the whole of Europe. ’ * year,< ,
One word now as regards commercial matter
Business is rather dull iif consequence of fi, e ,
tion, nnd it will require yet one month to riv"
healthy tone to trade. I forgot to mention to
that the day after the election tho conquered n'J,
shouted with rage that all was now lost, nnd that t
cicty would be disorganlz. d : but tide is now pa8 ,j n
and all things are being restored to order. The pm l'
nre still about, crowds are to he seen in the public L*
dens, streets, walks and theatres. Commerce bri-W
ens up. Public funds had fallen ns low as 4f. ; „
reaction and a healthy one at that, has taken place how.
ever. The retail business suffered much during the
Week of the election. Tho manufacturing districts
were wise enough not to permit themselves to be
hurried by tho many and varied reports, and every
day most fnvornhlo accounts nro received from them
There is fropi all quarters great demand for working
material of all kinds! lull opes of seeing the price of
cotton fall, purchasers had withheld from acting large
ly in that line, but as this expected fall has not yet ar
rived, and us the season for retail business is fast ap
proaching, it will be necessary that the stores should
muke their assortment for the season; this will drive
them to purchase. Cottons still continue the same at
Havre. The reports from Liverpool are by no means
flattering. The Manchester manufactories have di
minished their purchases by one half. The Elections
in Paris produced a very baneful influence over the
Hnvre market. The activity that prevails at Rouen,
and at St. Quinton will no doubt produce a very salu
tary effect upon the price of cotton, if as is very prob
able, tills activity maintains itself. At Nantes and
Bordeaux tlie sugar market is very dull, there is hard
ly sugar enough in both of tlie named places to^upply
the wants of the people.
The Coffee mnrket is very dull, the article however
has gone up some, in consequence of news from Lon
don. Wc learn from Aveignon that silks are still atu
high nmrk, and great demand for them at Lyons. If 1
have gone in to thesejmrticulurs.it is because I thought
that I might be of service to some of your numerous
readers, for your paper is calculated to convey iS-
formation to ull classes of society. R.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, April 8th, 1850.
We get in safety over Mr. Benton’s speed].
It contained no new views and arguments in
the premises, and did not call fora special re
futation. Mr. Clay nevertheless rose, and show
ed himself perfect tnaster of the old Roman
principle, ridendo castigarc mores. He ridi
culed especially the idea put forth by Mr. Ben
ton, thut the honor of the State of California
required thut she should be considered by her
self. She was tlie middle sister of New Mexi
co and Utah, and need not now, after mukln;
a run-away match, “cock up her nose" at be
ing put in their company in ono and the same
bill. Neither was she a State now. She is
no more than a territory, just like her oldersis-
ter New Mexiro, or her younger sister Utah,
and no more, until the. action of Congress shall
make her u State. Mr. Cloy not only answer
ed all objections of Mr. Benton, but remained
himself perfectly unanswerable.
Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, avowed himself in
favor of the non-action policy ; said he slnniiJ
vote for the proviso if attached, and then vote
against one and all territorial bills. He let the
cat completely out of the bnig, and his speech
will do much towards uniting the two hills of
Mr. Douglass into one. He has given the Sen
ate sufficient cause to suspect his motives.
The day proved a feast of reason, and as fit
as Clav, Cass and Foote Were concerned, also
ono of soul. Clay has literally reconquered
his former position in the Senate. He standi
there, in spite of the administration, the ac
knowledged leader of that body. - X-
Virginia and the Nashville Convex
tion.—In Virginia, the strong Wing countyct
Augusta has declined to send delegates to dm
Southern Convention; and in Albemarle coun
ty, the general meeting decided against it U'
a vote of 282 to 180. The Richmond Enqui
rer used to say, on the eve of an election m
Virginia, “As goes Albemarle, so goes In
gmia.” The largest slave holders in the conn
ty, it is stated, were among this large majontj
against the convention. Notwithstanding di
however, the minority immediately organiz'd-
with Mr. Stevenson, (lato minister to London,
and Mr. Leake (late member of Congress) 1
rnong them, and appointed 17 delegates tod 1
district Convention to elect delegates to d |J
Nashvillo convention. Madison, another conn
ty in that district, also appointed delegates-
Tho Democrats of Jefferson county also s* :
ported t1io Southern Convention; and the C0UI
ties of Westmoreland, King George and 1"
cess Anno, havo appointed delegates
distinction of party.
CF* The Amesburv ( Mass.) Manufacture
Company have purchased a library of six .
dred volumes of valuable books for the u
without
their operatives.
Boston,
April 7
S»t-
The family of Dr. Park man paid, 0 ^
urdav, voluntarily, lo Littlefield, the t ^
$3,000, offered by them for the discove j
the remains of tho late Dr. Parkman.
Boston, April jj-
Mrs. Webster and her three daughters ^
a visit to Gov. Briggs, at the Adams
veslerday. The interview lasted abou
It is said to have been painfully i ,lte ' e * uc fn-
Their pleadings for mercy towards 1 jj-
tnnntc husband nnd father were » nlen .
feeling. It is supposed they have nte<
impression upon the Governor.