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'«<M———————m———■—■——i THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. JAMES GARDNER, JR. TIBXS. Daily, per annum, in advance ............ #8 00 I ri-Weekly, per annum 5 00 Weekly, per annum, d paid in advance.... 2 00 These terms are offered io new subscribers and ;o old suoscribers who pay up all arrearages. In no ease will the weekly paper be sent at %2, unless the money accompanies the order. in no case will it be sent at $Z to an old subscri oer in arrears. 23* Wnen the year paid for at #2 expires, the p tper.if not discontinued, or paid for in advance, will be sent on the old terms, #2,50 if paid at the nrfiue within the year, or #3 it paid after ihe ex piration of the year. jjj* Postage must be paid on all communications and letters of business. TERMS OF ADVERTISING. < One square 12 lines, 50 cents the first insertion, and 37£ cents for the next 5 insertions, and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion. Contracts m ide by the year, or for a less period, on reas triable terms. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sheriffs Levies, 30 days #2 50 per levy; 60 days, #5, Executors, administrators and Guardians Sates Real Estate,(per square, 12 lines) #4 75 Do. do. Personal Estate 3 25 Citation for Letters of Admiuistraiian 2 75 “ Di5mi55i0n..............4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors ....3 25 Four Months Notices .400 Rules Nisi, (monthly) #1 per square, each inser tion. O' ALL'REMITTANCES PER MAIL are AT OUR RISK. [From the Cincinnati Commercial.] THE MAIDEN’S SECRET. BT MRS. K. 8. NICHOLS. In my heart of hearts, On its fragrant altar, e There a s cret lies, Tha my lips would falter; But the suo suines out, Blinding me with splendor, When I want a light 1 hat is »ott and tender. In my heart of hearts There’s n treasured feeling, That my tell-taie eyes Fain wou’d be revealing, But it they would speak, One ever stands before them, And 1 daie not lift The curtaina drooping o’er them. In my heart of hearts Secretly l tremble, Yet l dare not sigh— Oh! why should love dissemble ? Once my tongue could speak, Maiden’s never faster, Now ’ti dumb or weak— It has iound a master! In my heart of hearts Cupi i’s slyly uestiing, * H Through tne rosy hoars, Wiui the rogue in wrestling; Often when 1 dream Hand and foot I’ve bound him, Sm den y be bursts Tne silken letters round him. In my heart of hearts, 1 can bold no longer. That, which if 1 b nd, Only grows ihe stronger— \ Deares , I'm i* love! ’■*' Gfadl, I reveai it, Ther j ! iny secret’s go e ! Pray , wo uni y**»c nceal it? {From iV. f. Herald 27 in ult ) Tha Late Commodore Barron—sketch of hia hi e and Naval Career* We ann» UiCed, on Thursday, th© deMh of Commodore James Barren,at Norfolk, Virginia, on Monday afternoon, 21st inst. in the eigotv third y ear of nis age. He had been, since .m --death of Commodore Rodgers, in 1838, the senior captai in the U States Navy; the date of his commission as post-captain being May * x 22, 1799; that of Commodore Stewart, now senior officer in the navy, being dated April 22, 1806; the next oldest captains are Charles Morris, date of commission, March 5, 1813; Lewis Warrington, November 22, 1814, ana Jonn Downes, Marcn 5, 1817. James Barron was born in Virginia, in 1768, and commenced his naval career when but a youth, under the au.pices of his lather, who held the tank of “Commodore of all the arm ed vessels of the Commonw- . ith” of Virginia, during the war of the Revolution, and until the State navy was disbanded. Subsequent to this period, James Barron followed a ma ritime lt.e in private service, until the organi sation of the navy of the U. States, soon after which, he entered the public service, and re ceived his comm.ssion as lieutenant in the na vy, the 9th of March, 1798—the same day with Charles Stewart, as befote mentioned. Barion served with credit under Commodore Barry, during the brief hostilities between the U. States and the French republic. This ser vice was on board the frigate U. States, in wh ; ch Stewart, also, was lieutenant, and De catur and Somers Midshipmen. Barron was then about 30 years ol age, whiie Decatur was only in his twentieth .ear. The U. States frigate captured several French privateers, but had no opportunity ot falling in with any of the national armed vessels of the republic. In the c mrse -of one of her cruises, the U. States was overtaken, while in the Gulf Stream, by k , a gale of wind, which lasted nine days; the v-""'' frigate sprung her bowsprit, and the rigging become valueless for the support of the masts, the loss ol which appeared certain, and even that of the ship and crew was seriously ap prehended. In this critical situation, Lieu tenant Barron suggested to Commodore Bar ry the possibility of sett ng up the rigging, and thereby saving the masts; offering himselt to undertake the performance of this duty, the difficulty of which was increased by the ship’s being before the wind, and rolling unceasing ly. Commodoie Barry consented to the ha zardous experiment being attempted; Lieu tenant Barron got the purchases on the shrouds J and succeeded in getting the rigging taut and the lanyards Secured, without accident. The masts were thus saved, and perhaps the ship also, through tne skill and judgment of Bar ton. The services rendered by the lieutenant on this occasion having been represented by tJommodore Barry to the government, with a recommendation that he should be promoted, he was at once raised to the rank of post cap tain, in which he remained in command of lithe U. States. The frigate was refitted, and sailed on a second cruise —shaping her course for the West Indies, for the protection of our commerce against the depredations of the French cruisers in those sea*. Sever 1 priva teers were captured but no French national vessel was fallen in with by the United States. Commodore T-uxtun, in the U, S. Frigate Constellation, however, on the 9th February 1799 fell in with the French frigate Insur gent, off the is.aaJ of Nevis, and after a we 1 fougnt action, captured her. Boon afterwards, Commodore Barry, on account of ill health, id the oommind of his squadron to a —Barron still being in command of U. States, and Decatur, who had been ■jMwpromoted, bring then her fourth lieutenant. | \ The ingate at erwards, conveyed to Europe * the envoys to the French republi:, Messrs. jßlisworth aud Davu*, and returning to the p DeiHware, she was dismantled for expensive repairs. me treaty with France being ratified in February, 1801, the navy wa* placed on a peace establishment, and by an act of Congress, un- Wk d«r Jefferson’s administration, maay officers were discharged—only nine of the twenty eight captains being retained. Os those nine retained in the service, Barron was one; and when the war with Tripoli took place, he was placed in command of the frigate President, bearing the broad pennant of C jmmodoire Rich ard Dale, as commander of the squadron or dered to the Med.teranean, in May, 1801. His elder brother, Captain Samuel Barron, (who died in 1810,) was in the same squadron, and commando 1 the frigate Philadelphia. The other vessels in the squadron were the frigate Essex. Captain William Bainbridge, and the schooner Enterprise, Lieutenant Sterrett. The latter vessel had a biilliant and successful ac tion with« Tripolitan ship of fourteen guns, which struck her flag after an action of three hours, but nothing further beyond the pro tection of American commerce was effected by the squadron and Commodore Dale, towards the close of the year 1801 returned to the U. States, with the President and Enterprise, leaving the Philadelphia and Essex in the Mediterranean. In September, 1802, Captain Barron being in command of the frigate New Y:rk, with Decatur for his first Lieutenant, again sailed for the Mediterranean, and form ed part of a squadron under the command of Commodore Richard V. Morris. Nothing im portant occurred during several months’ ser vice against Tripoli, by this squadron, and in March, 1803, Barron was ordereu to take com mand of the frigate Chesapeake, and retqrn home. Decatur having been engaged as se cond in a duel between midshipman Joseph Bainbridge and an Ei giish officer, resulting in the death of the latter, the Governor of Malta demanded that Decatur and Bainbridge should be delivered up to be tried by the civil courts for an infraction of the laws. It was deemed advisable, to avoid difficulty, that De catur should return to ihe U. States, which he did, as a passenger in the Chesapeake. Thus it will be seen that Barron and Deoatur were frequently and repeatedly biought to gether in the early part of their career in the service. About four months after ihe return of the Chesapeake to the U. States, Decatur took command of the brig Argus, and sailed again for the Mediterranean. At Gibraltar he was transferred to the schoonei Enterprise, and Lieutenant lease Hull assumed the com mand of the Argus. The gaiiaut exploits of D catur in the war with Tripoli, took place during the year 1804. Commodore Samuel Barron succeeded Commodore Preble in com mand of the squadron m the Mediterranean, and James Barron continued tor a short time in command of the frigate Chesapeake, which ship did not return to her former station, du« ring the Tripolitan war, but remained in the U. States. In September, 1804, we find Cap tain B.trron a am in the Mediterranean, in command of the frigate Essex, one of the squadron of ten vessels under the orders of his brother, Commodore Samuel Barron. This -quadron was the strongest lorce which the Americans h-d then assembled in that sea. The blockade of Tnpoli was maintained by dif ferent vessels during the season of 1804 5, but i.o attack was attempted, although prepara tions were made to renew the war in the spriDg. In April, 1805, a portion of the Ameri can i-qoadron assisted Mr. Eaton the U. States Counsul at Tunis, in nis celebrated attempt to restore Hamet Caramalli to the g vernmeut of Tripoli; the reigning bashaw at that time, a younger brother, being a 1 usurper, A treaty of peace between the U. S ates and 'Tripoli was concluded in June, 1805. Previous to this, on the 22d of May, Commodore S. B *r -1 ron, on account ot ill health, transferred the command of the squadron to Comm d ire Rodgers; and captain James Barron was short ly as erwards transferred trom the Essex 32 to the frigate President 44. The war wi h Tri poli terminal d after an existence ot tour\ ear*. It proved ot great vaiue as a school for the American navy. The Tripolitian business t .u-i being settled, Commodore Rodgers sail ed with thirteen vessels, and anchored off Tu nis on the Ist of August, 1805, wnere he re mained over a month. Auer settling the dis pute with Tunis by negotiating terms uuder the muzzles of his guns, the vessels m the Mediterranean were gradually withdrawn, tnough it was still deemed necessary to k-ep a small squadron in that sea. Captain Bar ron was among those officers that returned to the U. States. The period of the return nome of the Me diterranean squadron was that when the •‘guTl boat poltct” of Mr. Jefferson—which origina ted with that President, in 1803—began to be carried in full operation. At the close of the year of 1806, President Jefferson announced to Congress that fifty-gun-boats had been built, or were in prog.ess, and his message re commended an extention of the sys em. This plan was unpopular with the senior officers of the « avy, and the gun-boats were gen ral y placed in command of younger officers, except when collected in squadrons. We are. not a* ware that B*rron had anything to do with this portion of the service. By a law passed in April, 1806, the President was authorized to employ as many of the_nat onal vessels as he might deem necessary, but limited the number of officers and seamen. The list of cap tains, under the new law, was as follows : 1. Samuel Nicholson, 8. Hugh Campbell, 2. Alexander Murray, 9. Stephen Decatur, 3. Samuel Barron, 10. Thomas Tingey, 4. John Rodgers, 11. Charles Stewart, 5. Edward Preble, 12. Isaac Hull, 6. James Barron, 13. John Shaw, 7. William Bainbridge, 14. Isaac Cnauncey. Among these officers whom Stewart is the only survivor, James Barron enjoyed a high character in the service, being deemed oue of the most ingenious and ready seaman that America had ever produced. No officer bore a more conspicious part in the organization of our navy than he did. Heorigiuated the first code of signals in the American navy, and early distinguished himself for scientific sea manship aud nautical skill. As an officers, he was accomplished and efficient, and one ot toe best disciplinarians in the service. But in the midst of his usefulness, ana in the zenith of his popularity as a navy commander, an un lucky event occurred, which cast a cloud over his future prospects, and terarmated his career in active service. We allude, of course, to the well known affair of the Chesapeake. Early in the year 1807, the frigate. Chesa peake, of 38 guns, was ordered to be put in commission, with a view of sending her t > the Mediterranean, to relieve the Constitution, 44, then the flag ship on that station, tne time of the sailors on bo rd of her having nearly expired. Captain Charles Gordon, master commandant was attached to the Cnesapeake as her captain, and Captain James Barron was selected to hvist a broad pennant in her as commander of ihe Meditterranean squadron. The Chesapeake * ay laying at the navy yard, in the Potomac, at Washington, where she remained taking in her masts and stores, and receiving officers and men, until the close of theaprin/. 'The specific orders of the Navy Department to Commodore Barron to take command, were given May 15. 1807. Ab >ut this time the British Minister at Washington, informed oUr government that three deserters from an English vessel of war had enlisted a mang tbecrewof the Chesapeake, ana he re quested th t they might be given up. The matter was re erred by the Navy Department to Commodore Barron, for investig*»uon, and he directed Captain Gordon to inquire into the matter with care, and to m-ik ms report. It was ascertained that three men were ac tually deserters; but -hey ail claimed to be impressed Americans, wno h* « avaiieu them solve of the opportunity to escape from ille gal detention. The British Munster received the report, and appeared to be satisfied, as no more wa3 said on the subject. With part of her armament on board, the Chesapeake dropped down the Potomac early in June, 1807, and anchored in Hampton Roads. Having received her remaining guns and stores on board, and completed her crew to about 365 persons, on the 19th of June Capt. Gordon reported the frigate to Com. Barron as ready for sea. On the 22 I June she got under way from Hampton Roads, bound to the Mediterranean. A British squad ron, which then consisted of a seventy tour j gun ship and three frigates, had been for sometime lying at the mouth of Chesapeake hay, watching some French frigate that lay at Aunopolia. When tne Chesapeake weighed aneaor, and the British squadron—the Leo pard, a frigate mounting 66 guns—lilted her anchor, and stood out to sea, preceding the American frigate by several miles. As the Chesapeake gained an offing, the Leopold shaped her course to close with her, and when near enough, hailed her, to say that a letter would be sent on board. This proved to be from the Captain of the Leopard, enclosing an order from the Vice-Admiral, commanding the British forces on the North American station, to seaich the Chesapeake for certain deserters from the British navy, said to be serving as part of the crew of the American frigate. Commodore Barron gave a written refusal to comply with a demand so extraordinary, and the Leopard’s boat sent to the Chesapeake having returned, she oponed a fire on the Chesapeake, giving her an entire broadside, and continuing to keep up the fire for a con siderable period ; when the Chesapeake being in an unprepared state, and unable to return the fire, having also three of her crew killed and eighteen wounded, struck her colors.— Stie was then boarded by an officer from the Leopold, her crew mustered and four alledged deserters from the British navy taken from her. Com. Barron formally surrendered the Chesapeake to the British captain, who re plied, that, having to the utmost of his power tulfilied the instructions of his commander-in chief, he had notning more to desire, and must proceed to join his squadron. Commodjre Barron, who was among the wounded, then called a council of his officers, and the Chesa peake returned to Hampton Roads the same evening. Nothing could exceed the indignation ex cited throughout the nation by this mortify ing occurrence. A court us injury was sum moned, and the results were, courts martial on Com Barron, Capt. Garden, Capt. Hull, the commanding marine officer on board and the gunner. The charges against Commo dore Barron were four, viz:—lst. “For ne gligently performing the duty assigned him.” 2d. “ For neglecting to clear his ship for ac tion.” 3d. “Failiing to encourage, in his own person, his inferior officers aud men to tight courageously.” 4th. “For not doing his utmost to uke or destroy the Leopold, which vessel it was his duty to encounter.” Some o. the charges affecting the conduct o: Com. Barron were not proved. The court expressed th. strongest opinion “os to the firmness and courage of the accused. Tne evidence upon this head 'S clear and satisvac tory.” Upon the charge of neglecting, on tne probaoiuty of an engagement, to clear his ship for action, the court found Commodore Barron guilty, and sentenced him to he sus pended from all command in the navy, wi h out pay or emolurn nt lor the period of five years irom the Bth or February, 1808. Decatur having attended tne sating of the court ot injury, disapproved so entirely of the course pursued by Com. Barron, that, from motives of delicacy towards him, he begged the Secretary of the Navy to excuse him irom erving on th c : court martial wneu he was or dered to serve a3 a member. The Secretary overruled his objection, and insisted on h s serving; but Decatur gave the counst.-l of Bar ron notice of the opinion he had formed, that the Commodore might exercise his privilege of protesting against Decatur's sitting as a mem ber of the court. Barron did not protest, and Decatur took his seat, and acted as one of he court martial. Subsequent to the removal of Barron from the Chesapeake, Decatur was ap pointed to command her; the destination ot the frigate was changed, and she was ordered to the coast service. Captain Gordon and Hull, on their tria's by courts martial, were found guilty of some slight informalities, tnd sentenced to be privately reprimanded. Commodore Barron having been suspended from duty for five years, and also deprived of nis pay by the same sentence of the court martial, resorted to the merchant service as a means of support. He was abroad when war was declared, the news of which reached him m Denmark, when it was not believed that hostilities would continue six months Barron afterwards sts ed that he should have been gad to have returned to the United States, and taken part in the service of the country during war, if he had received the slightest intimation from the Navy Depart> ment that he should have been employed on his return. His suspension terminated about eight months after the declaration of war, in June, 1812; some months after which he re ported himself to the Navy Depatment for duty, by letter. The war' continued about two years after he had become available for a command. He returned to tne United States at the close of the year 1818, soon after which a memorial in his tavor was presented to the President by a portion of the Virginia delega tion in Congress, Commodore Decatur, be ing then one of the Board of three Navy Com missioners, took an active part, by the expres sion of his opinion, in preventing Barron's restoration to active service. It was, ere long, intimated to Decatur that he was likely to receive a hostil ecs 1 from Com Barron. He then stated that if such a call was made, he would meet it, though he should be belter pleased if it were not made. On the 12th of June, 1819, Barron commenc ed the correspondence with Decatur, by ad dressing him as follows: “I have been informed in Norforlk, that you have said you could insult me with im punity, or words to that effect. If you have said so, you will no doubt avow it; and I shall expect to hear from you.” Decatur replied on the 17th of the same month, disavowing the offensive expression attributed to him. Two other letters follow ed, explanatory of the first; the correspon dence ended for the time, and Decatur con sidered it at an end. Nearly four monts after wards, on the 23d of October Barron again wrote Decatur, complainiug of his attempts to injure him with his friends; and considering him as having expressed a willingness to meet him ;n the field, whioh he regarded as an in vitation to fight, he informed him that he ac cepted it. Decatur replied in an elaborate and msultiog let'er; but disclaiming all per sonal enmity. Finally, after some further correspondence, Decatur left the sole adj ust merit of the terms ot meeting with his friend Commodore Usinbridge. On the Bth of March 1820, Com. Bainbridge was visited on board the Columbus, seventy-four, (then lainv in the Potomac, preparing for sea,) by Captain Eiliot, as the friend of Com. Barron, for the purpose of making final arrangements for the meeting. Ihe duel took place at Bladensburg, near Washington city, on the 22J1 of March r 1820, and wab fjught with pistol*, at the distance of eight paces, or yards, the soonest that is customs y. Inis was done by the second* to accommodate Commodore Barron, whose vision was defective. On taking their stands, Commodore Bainbridge informed them that he would give the word quickly—“ Present! one, two, three;” and they were not to fire before the word “one,” nor after the word “three.” Commodore Barron observed to Commodore Decatur, “that he hoped, on meeting in another world, they would be bet ter friends than they had been in this.” Com modore Decatur replied: “I have neve been your enemy, sir.” No jyoposal for a recon ciliation was snggested. The concerted words were pronounced by Commodore- Bainbridge. At the word “two,” both fired so exactly together that only one report was heard. Commodore Barron fell, wounded in the right hip, according to the announced intention of Decatur, who had declared that he would hit Barron in that part of his body. Decatur stood fora momet erect, but was obseved to press his hand on his right side. He then fell, the ball having passed through the ab domen. He remarked. I“am mortally wound ed—at least I believe so; and wish that I had fallen in defence of my country.” x*. was raised, and supported a short distance, where ha sank down exhausted, near to where Com modore Barron lay. The latter “deolsred that every thing had been conducted in the most honorable manner;”and told Commodore Decatur “that he forgave him from the bot tom of his heart.” CommoJere Decatur was borne from the field to the home of his afflicted family, in the carriage which had conveyed him to the ground. He lingered in great agony until halt-past 10 the same night, whau he ceased to b.esthe. Com. Barron slowly recovered from the effects of his wound, and was soon afeewards placed by the Navy Depaatment on shore Bervice., The Norfolk Herald says.— He was in command of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and had the honor of receiving Gen. Lafayette, “the Nation’s Guest,’ - wh*n he visited that place in 1824. He was also an invited guest, with Colonels McLane, Huger, Fish, and other surviving officers of the revolution, at the great fete at Yorktown, given to General Lafayettee by the State of Virginia, October, 19, 1824, He was next transferred to the command of the Norfolk station, at that interesting period when the dry dock, aud many other important improve ments in the Gosport Navy Yard, had just commenced; all of which came und-ir his su pervuion. From this station he was called to the superintendence oi the Naval Asylum at Philadelphia, where he eon.inued until the wasting hand of time had indicated the neces sity of nis retirement from active service, when he chi se Nortolk, the home of his early irieuds, (and among whom he had found friends indeed,) as the place in which to pass the remnant of his days. In social life, as in his official station, Commodore Barron was governed by a high sense ot honor, and bore lumseii witti a dignity, courtesy and affabili ty which gavi a coarm to his society; and al though of a temperament not too breok the sligntest indignity, was in his natuie all the milk ol human kindness arid benevo ience, and the prompting* of ardent friend ships and enduring attachments, which, when once formed were held sacred to his latest hour. In his family circle he was ohrished with unspeakable fondness and affection; and the whole community, in wtuch he has been lor so Wrge c portion of his life beloved and esteemed, will ever honor and revere his mem mory. A Closet Affair. — I'he “ t'own Facts and Fancies” man of the Pennsylvanian, is a ge nius in his way. Tho following is one ot his latest sketches of Life in Philadelphia, and although of rather sombre hue, is not the less amusing: City Police, April 15—A Closet Affair.— Mrs. Sophrouia Devadenger is a m i latte lady who reals all the French novels and the Home Journal, and *o cultivates a taste for those Eufopean refinements in social intercourse whicn some of our travelled gentlemen wish to introduce into this country. Mrs. D.’s husoand is a shade darker than herself in complexion; he is a tobacconist by trade, and a very worthy, industrious and unsuspicious fellow. Mrs. D. has formed a Platonic inti macy with a light lemon colored D’Orsay, who calls himself E Iw. Berringcon. While Mr. Devallenger is making segars and an hon est living at his shop, Mrs. D., at home, is making tea and toast tor Chevalier Beirsng ton. But last night, Devallenger being taken with an ominous pain in the head, came home two hours ooner than usual, and inter, upted a tetea tete between Midame and L Chevalier. No lady who has read a F.ench novel can be embarrassed in ’such a case ; a closet or cup board is the obvious resource. The only re cess of this kind in the apartment was a place under the stairs, where Devallenger kept his unseasoned tobacco, extra pots of snuff and various tools and materials for which there was no room in trie shop. Into this “ low browed vault,” by Madame’s directions, the Chevalier crept on his hands and knees, and was snugly shut up by the adroit lady, at the very moment Devallenger entered. The hon est tobacconist complained of his aching head, without assigning a cauee for it, not imagin ing (poor fellow !) what an oppressive weight his as frontis had to sustain. Meanwhile, Chevalier Berrington, in the closet, was fear ful that his breathing might be overheard ; to prevent whicn he put ids face in a large jar, which stood on the floor conveniently. This jar contained snuff of a highly volatile nature; and as soon as Berringcon drew his first breath inside of tne vessel, a column of the titilating dust ascended into eacc. nostril, and produced such a tempestuous sneezing as might have b«en mistaken for those rapidly successive detonations which ere incident to an explosion of saltpetre. The astounded Devallenger looked at his wife for an explan a ion. Mrs. D. seeing that a denouement cou;d nbt be avoided, shrieked “ Roobers” and “ Murder!” Devallenger seized a shovel, threw open the cuddy door and went regular ly to work on the carcase of the Chevalier who 8:ill continued to sneeze in answer to each blow, though the whacks ne received on his rear were certainly “ nothing to be sneez ed at.” The shovel was actually demolished in the furious attack. Chevalier Berrington attempted to offer no explanation or justifica tion either to the husband or before the Mayor. In answer to querrie* proposed by the latter, he magnanimously exclaimed : “ Send me to jail for a thief if you ohoose. I’d better suf fer than sile the tepetation of the fair sex I” He was committed accordingly. New York Democracy —.For a long time past the forlorn hope of the So ithern Democ racy in their New York allies was reposed .n the Old Hunkers, whose headquarters was Tammany Hall. In fact, that hall was regard ed as the very Mecca of the pure Democratic f ith; but it too has at last fallen into the hands or the Free-soilers—and as Silver Grays succumbed before Sewardism in the Whig party, so now the Hunkers are routed from their last stronghold by the Van Burenites. The black flag waves over the capitol at Al bany, and over old Tammany Hall. The only choice offered by the two parties, is a choice between Sewardism and Van Burenism. Here is a brief account of the final route at Tam many Hall: Election of Sachems.— After a very warm ly contested struggle, the Barnburners have succeeded in defeating the O d Hunkers, and getting possession of Tam oany Hall, this is what they have been aiming at for years, and they have succeeded at last, so that John Van f Buren can go into the wigwarm once more, i In the election ot Sachems, on Monday night, they elected their whole ticket, with the ex ception of one candidate. The Barnburner ticket beat the Hunker al most two to one. So much for the “sournd neS'S” of the New York Democracy, at beau qurters.— Southern Press. TM CONSfITUfMALISfi 2tagttota, Georgia. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 2 Southern Rights Meeting. The members of the Southern Rights Party of Richmond County, are request ed to meet at the CITY HALL, in the city of Augusta , on TUESDAY, 6th of MAY, at 4 o'clock, P. M., to appoint Delegates to the Convention to nominate a Candidate for Governor at the ensuing election. Democratic Southern Rights Convention* The day generally agreed upon is Wednes day, the 28th of May, for the meeting of this Convention. Oratorio at the Baptist Church. The Grand Oratofio to-night, at the Baptist Church will be no ordinary affair. Muoh mu sical taste and accomplishment are enlisted in tho enterprize—the very best in fact our com munity affords—and we do not doubt that the result will be a finished affaij. The Conduc tor, Mr Shrival, is an accomplished and expe rienced musician, well known in musical cir cles, and as a tenor singer, we think he is en titled to a very high rank in the musical world. In richness of voice, and taste, and beauty of style, his.singing is not easily surpassed. He i 9 assisted by many ladies and gentlemen of this city, amateurs in music, who will, we feel sure, achieve on this interesting occasion a triumph for our city. It is not often our community have the pri vilege of hearing sacred music so effectively rendered. An Oratorio is a rare entertain ment, and the one now offered is got up in a style worthy the attendance of the lovers of fine music. The piece? are from the best masters, and have been rehearsed carefully for weeks. Tne tickets are one dollar each —the pro ceeds to go to the benefit of the Baptist Church, which is in want of funds, ani takes this ta9telul mode of appealing to the pub ic libe rality. Those who attend will spend a de lightful evening, and come away with the pleasing consciousness of having bestowed their money usefully. Shad and Pompano. The epicures of New-Orieans, are at this time, enjoying the privilege ot testing the respective merits of these delightiul fish, The Delta awards the palm to the Mississippi Shad over the Northern, but thus eloquently exit Is the Pompano as the fish of fish: “We have no hesitation in declaring that the Mississippi shad i* fully equal, it' not su perior, to tktt of the Northern rivers. Wren asked by the sceptics, who have not been for tunate enough to taste of this fish, h;w it got into the Mississippi, we return the same answer that the chap did who was aske how Che Elks got throu ;h the woods, with their high horns —‘that is their business.’ But that the real simon pure fi-sh is here, and that he may be caught at the Gardanne Crevasse any day you try, is a point apon which we are as positive as we ever were of any fact in our lives. Setting aside shad —though they are difficult to set aside, when well cooked — we come to speak of pompanos, which, in fact, compared with shad, are as Hyperion to Satyr. Our Northern triends come out arid brag considerably of their fine fish, until they try pompano. But when they have once tasted of this delicious article, they give in incontinently, and swear most lustly that they’ll never say shad, halibut, fresh cod, or any thing else in the icthlogical line again. No fish has yet been d l ™ l . r ed to compare with the pompano. It combines all the good qualities of all other fish, without any of their bad qualities, it is fat, juicy, and deli cious, like the shad, without any of the shad's boniness. It is firm, like the trout or salmon, without their dryness and hardness. It al ways manages to keep decently fat, never • o’erstepping the modesty of nature,’ but al ways preserving an admirable consistency, and even modeling its graceful figure so as to adapt it to the prevailing fashion of dish s, which it generally makes out to fit precisely. The pompano, too, is a democratic fish ; it does not keep particular parts for a select few, and leave the mass to satisfy their plebian taste on coarser par s. Every part of it is equally good, jucy, and nutritious. Even the bones, wnich in other fish, are generally eschewed, are not only edible, but are, in fact, the depositaries of his choicest flavors.” Senatorial Elections—Blank Ballots- The Savannah Georgian thus calls attention to the circumstances under which Sumner has been declared elected Senator by the Mas sachusetts Legislature. If he has been duly elected, and the Senate should so decide in case his seat is contested, then Mr. Yulee is entitled to a seat as Senator from Florida : “ Massachusetts Election— Blank Ballots not Counted.— At the 26th and last ballot fur Senator in the Massachusetts Legislature, the vote was as follows: whole number of mem bers voting 368—0 f whom 193 voted for Sum ner, 166 for VVinthrop, 2o for divers other in dividuals, and two voted blank ballots. Mr. Sumner, therefore, thougn declared elected upon the announcement of the vote, and without objection by his opponents, in reality did not reieive a majority, but only one-half of the votes cast. He will then take his seat in the Sena e under precisely the same state ot circumstances, as to material f tets, upon which Mr. Yulee proposes to contest Mr. Mallory’s claim to the office to wt;ca the last Legislature of Florida declared the latter elected. In the Florida election the first bal lot showed twenty nine votes for Mr. Yulee, and twenty-nine blanks. According to the ru d n g» bo h in Massachusetts and Rhod Island, (in the case of Mr. James.) Mr. Yulee should have be-?n thereupon declare! elected, which not having been done, Mr. Mallory subsequently received a majority of the who e number of members of toe Legislature, rnd got the certificate of election.” Quick Time.— The last trip of the Florida, miuie in sixiy-three hours from Savannah to New York, and in the same time tr->m New York back to Savannah, tends to establish a still higher character for th noble ship and her vtry skilful Captain.— Savannah Georgian, 30(A ult. ’ Melancholy Suicide.— The Philadephia papers, a day or two since recorded the fact of a young woman, belonging to a respectable family there, leaving her home, and going to New York in company with a person who had been paying his addresses to her. Her father traced her to a house of ill fame in that city, and conveyed her back to Philadelphia. This was on Monday of last week. The pa pers of Friday states the unfortunate victim committed suicide on Thursday night by swallowing a dose o' laudnum. President’s Proclamotion. It would set-m from this document that it is ■ monstrous crime n the eyes of our Repub lican President, to aid an oppressed people in throwing off the yoke of despotism. And as for the Cuban patriots, whom t\r*nny has driven from their country into thi» iof li berty, and who now wish to carry back to their old homes the blessings which they have here tasted,—no words are too insulting to apply to them. This proclamation strikes us as the most astonishing document waich we have ever seen from an American functionary. In perusing it, we seem to be reading a mani ifesto from the court of Austria or Russia. We object not to the enforcement of the laws of the land and of nations. Let it be done by all means. But when it is remembered that the Cubans are now ground down by one of the most oppressively burthensome governments in existence, —a government in comparison with which, that which our Revolutionary fathers threw off, was an inestimable blessing, —every one must be shocked at the u:<faring cruelty of language, in which the Cuban pat riots are denounced. How different are the feelings manifested by the administration towards the exiles of Cuba, and towards those of Hungary ! And why > Is the government of Spam less burthenaome than that of Austria ? No one believes it.— The difference lies here : Cuba is a slave Is land ; and when independent wiil add another to the slave States of the South. That it is, that chills the sympathy which a Republican President otherwise would feel for a neigh boring people panting for liberty. That it is, that hushes in sileme those Northern presses which a short time since, were filled with words of encouragement to the Hungarians.— We object not to the issuing of a proclama tion by the President. We say not a word against the most vigorous enforcement of our laws. But we do say that the term-- in which this message are couched, must shock the feel ings of every friend of republicanism who reads it.— Savannah Georgian. Sumner’* Election. —The Commonwealth, Free-Soil orgm, in commenting oat the suc cess of the coalition in getting Charles Sum ner into the Senate, has this significant p .8- sag s : “ Ihis is one cf a series of victories which will make this indestructible Union the pride md joy of the world. It will raise the droop ing hopes ot the slave, and of ;he slaveless ■*hite men of the South. It will give courage to the thousands of true men at the S >uth, who, like Cassius VI, Clay, are longing to throw off the chain of the slaveholders. It will electrify the freemen of the North It will seal the death warrant of the Fugitive Slave Law /’ ’ Mechanics Meet ng> At a large and resp-icwame meutiug of the Mechanics, held at the City Hall, in this city, on Wednesday evening, the 30tn A mi, Ga rsy F. Parish was called to the Onair, and David Wood, appointed Secretary. After the objects of the meeting were ex plained, Wm. H. Pritchard offered the following Preamble ami Resolutions for the considera tion of the meeting, which were read and unanimously adopted : Believing that the meeting of th 9 Me chanics at Atlanta, on the 4th of July next, is for the legitimate purpose of endeavoring to elevate the character of mechan cal em ployments in Georgia, by an interchange of opinions with Mechanics from different por tions of the State, upon the beat means cal culated to effect these ends, Be it resolved , That every white Mechanic in Richmond county, whose business and in clination will permit his attendance, be re quested to serve as a delegate to the meeting at Atlanta. Resolved, That Mechanics,generally,through out the State, be invited to attend at Atlanta on that occasion. Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting are due to the Editor of the American Me chanic, at Athens, for the zeal and ability with which he has advocated the rights and interests of the Mechanics; and likewise due to many other -publishers in the State, who have, in the kindest and most liberal manner, given publicity to the call for the meeting n Atlanta, and for the favorable interest which many of them have uiani ested m behalf of the Mechanics. Resolved , That the Chairman appoint a Committee of Five, to eo-operate wiih the Committee of Arrangements, at Atlanta, and to act as a Committee of Correspondence with the Mechanics and Mechanics’ Societies of the State. Whereupon, the Chairman appointed the following gentlemen : Wm. H. Pritchard, John Reynolds, Alex. Philip, H. B. Frazer, John W. Walker. Resolved, further, That as the first move in response to the call for the meeting in Atlan ta, was made by the Mechanics’ Society of Macon, it is the desire of this meeting that that Society shall ba'e the appointment of an Orator for the Mechanics’ Convention at At lanta. Resolved, That copies of the proceedings cf this meeting be furnished to the city pa pers, and American Mechanic, for publi a lion, and that the papers of the State, generally, be requested to notice or copy them. G. F. PARISH, Chairman. David Wood, Secretary. Lucky Law Firms.— -Fillmore, Hall & Ha ven is the titie of a law firm which lately practiced in the city of Baltimore. Fillmore .s now President of the United States. Hall is the Postmaster General, and Haven repre sents the die riet in Congress. Giddings, Wade & Rauney ?s the name of a late law firm at Ashtabula, Ohio. Giddings is a member of Congress, Wade has been elected Senator in Congress, end Ranney is juat elected a Judge of the Supreme Court. Seven Fugitive Slaves, says the N. H. Statesman, passed through Concord on Tues day for Cauada. It adds that it is a common occurrence.