PUBLISHED ^AILY AND TRI-WKKKLY BYKOGAR SKOWDKK.

ALEXANDRIA:TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1S5S.

The National loteiligeucer advocates, as a

- v. - e*~ ^ ~ Alniinn nf th« K ansa* diffi-vUUU10 IU1 IUU OWIVMVU V.

culty, Mr. Crittenden's plan, (which indeedwh first suggested by the Intelligencer before

Congress assembled,) "the admission ofKansas into the Union under the LecomptonConstitution, subject to ratification by the

people, as was done in the case of Wisconsin,in which, if the circumstances were not

precisely similar to those cf the Kansas

question, a precedent was afforded which

Congress might follow, with only the greaterreason to hope that its propriety would bomore apparent in regard to the latter than itwas found to be in the former."

For once, it is admitted, that the Americanpeople have sickened under speech making."Kansas" is the physic.the oontinued dosesof that have created the nausea. A Kansas

speeoh in Congress is acknowledged on all

hands to be a bore.and, it is beliered tbat a

Kansas speech in a "mass meeting," would

disperse any crowd that could be assembledto pass "resolutions." "Popular oratory""cannot be named in oonnezion with a speechon Kansas. The "sovereigns" acknowledgeno claim to their favor from a speech on

Kansas!

Mr. Frenob, the Senator from the CilosDistrict, deserves oredit for the liberality ofhis course in the Legislature of Virginia. In

voting for the loan to the Orange and AlexandriaRailroad Company, be romarked,that, though his own section bad been deniedthe favors tbat be asked, he should not be so

illiberal as to oppose a measure of greatpublic benefit, for tbat reason. The sentimentdoes honor to Mr. French.

The legislature of California, by a decidedvote, has requested the delegatos and instructed

the senators in Congress from tbat Stateto vote for the immediate admission of Kansas

under the Lecompton constitution, as recommendedby the President in bis specialmessage.The oasoof Mr. Mattesor, of the House of

Representatives, has been uibkd.the Ilouse

deciding thus,'not to go back to offences, previousto bis election to the present Congress

.and, from the consequences of which he es-

eaped by a resignation of his seat in the lata

Congress.On Thursday week, a great flood occurred

on the Graned River, C. W. At Brantford,a portion of the town vras inundated, but no

very serious damago appears to have beeDsustained. At Gait, a bridge was totallydestroyed, and two men barely escaped withtheir lives.

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The wagon manufactory of John Cook, in

St. Louis, was destroyed by firo on tbe 2Gth.Loss about $25,00O. Two hundred Govern-meet wagons were burnt. Ageuts of the

Mormons aro charged with being the incendiaries.The Sandersville Georgian contaios an aocountof the tiial and conviction of a man

for the murder of bis slave, at the late term

of the Superior Court for "Washington county,Qa. It was certainly a very aggravated

ease and a most righteous verdict.

The Richmond Enquirer continues to advocateGov. Wise's plan for a State Insurance.There is no chance for the consideration

of the subject at the present session of the

Legislature, we presume.At the annual distribution of premiums of

the Cosmopolitan Art Association of New

York on Thursday, Powers' Greek Slavewas awarded to Miss A. E. Coleman, of Cincinnati.Leonard Seott & Co., Now York, has republishedthe March number of Blackwood's

Magaaine. It has, among other interestingartioles, a continuation of Bulwer's now

novel. Robt. Bell, Agent.The accounts of the outrages, riots, &o.,

of the rowdies in Washington last Saturdaynight, would show a state of things worse

than was reported in Baltimore not longeinoe.

Lieut. Craven, U. S. N.. reports that be

has beeu delayed at the Gulf of Darien, but

(bat hia exploring expedition (the Atrato Expedition)will ooxnplete tbeir surrey by the

20th of March.We believe that arrangements for tbe sale

and transfer of Mount Vernon to tbe Ladies'Mount Vernon Association, are now in progress,

if not oompleted.Tbo supply of freeb fieh at Norfolk, was

unusually large on Friday last. Tbe best

shad sold at 25 cents eacb, and tbe smaller

sixes as low as 10@12} cents eacb.

Prof. Fisbborn, of Washington College,Lexington, Va., died of measles on tbe 26tb.About 20 oadets are in tbe hospital, of tbe

same disease.

Capt. Simpson, commissary of subsistence,has been ordered to proceed to Fort Leavenworth

to purchase beef cattle for the Utahexspsdition.Tbe Banks and tbe Subtre&sury in New

York have now, together, nearly forty millionsof dollars in specie.A man was sentenocd in St. Louis, a few

days ago, to tbe workhouse, for eix months,for oarrying a concealed bowie knife.

Tbe War Department has made no contract

for the purchase of either corn sr horses for

the Utah sipeditioo.Virginia sixes, at New York, on Saturday,

gold at 92.a

finish them. Col. Beaton's letters make men- |tion of such disease.

A special messenger has been sent to

Washington, to present to tbe widow of CommanderHerndon, a copy of the resolutions,(beautifully written on parchment,) recentlypassed by the (it neral Assembly of Virginia,The gold medal to be prepared in accordancewith tbe resolutions, will cost, it is said,some five hundred dollars.

It is stated that about one thousand personshave been hopefully converted in Cleveland,Ohio, within a few weeks past, sixhundred in New Bedford, three hundred or

four hundred in Ntwburyfort, two thousandor three thousand in Newark and vicinity..Some chaff among tbo wheat must be expected.One hundred students at the South CarolinaCollego have been suspended until October,

in consequence of insurberdination. It

appears that the faculty refused to suspendexercises on Thanksgiving day, and thestudents tarred the benches in the recitationrooaa and perpetrated other exceptionableacts.

Copt. A. W. .Reynolds has been confirmedby tbe Senate as a quartermaster in the

army, a post to which ho woe recently nomPmoirlonlCant Revnolds isluaicu uj kuu «. .r- .^

thus restored to the position be lost some two ,

years ago, a fact which gives great eat-

isfaction to his many friends. ,

Gov. McMullin has caned a lawyer named JKendall, severely, at Olympio, WashingtonTerritory.The difficulty arose from a threat

against the Governor's life, uttered by Ken- '

dall. Mac is ulways prominent, some wayor other, lie says he will be in the Senate '

yet, "before heshcfHes off the mortal coil."

The Ohio Legislature has repealed the acts 1

of that State designed to nullify the fugitive (

slave law, the bill against kidnapping, as ar- |

resting fugitive slaves was called, and the i

bill prohibiting the use ofjails for tbo con- i

fincment of runaway negroes. t

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Democratic Caucus.

We are informed that the Caucus of DemocraticMembers of the House of Reprcsen- j

tativee, which was called for Saturday even-

ing last, was fully attended. The Hon. Jno. ,

Cochrane, of Nuw York, presided. Its delib- |erations resulted in tbo appointment of a jCommittee of twenty members.teD Lecomp- |ton Democrats and teo onti-Lecompton Dem-

ocrats.who are to consult together and re- I

port at an adjourned meeting, to be bold on JTuesday oveniog, as to the most feasible jmode of admitting Kansas as a State of tbe j

Union, under tbe Lecompton Constitution.. I

Sat. Int.Debutes la Cougreni.I

Until tho rule is restored in tbe House ,

which requires all debate to be addressed to i

the subject matter under discussion; and un- jtil the system of full and indiscriminate re-

porting at public expense be abolished, wo 1

shall have no more congressional eloquence ]of tbe olden sort. If reporting at public ex- j

pense were abolished wo should see in print t

only such speeches as make good reading jand are worthy of the types. If debate were i

rigidly confined to tbe subject under discus-sion, we should have genuine debate from

only tbe few capable of debate; we should <i . oeaatr.ronriinc and rehearsinguaw uu uiuiv koo%»j v*-v.wD w

by tbe bour in the House.I'otil these reforms be adopted we shall

not merely have forty hour speeches to gulpdown on every public topic, but forty times

forty from as many "orators" of the modernilk.. Union.An KpUcopal Blihop of "Washington.

Writers in the Episcopal newspapers are

discussing a division of the unwieldy dioceseof Maryland. Oae of the plans for carryingout that object contemplatos 6ucb an apportioomentof the State of Maryland, as willnot only do away with the present see of Maryland,but with the hitherto adopted praoticeof giving tbe name of the State to tbe diocese

at all, making tbe present bishop, bishop ofBaltimore, and bis fellow-laborer in tbe Epis-copaoy of the State bishop of Washington..Aootber proposition is to divide the presentdiocese into three, making the Eastern shore Jone, and dividing tbe Western shore into two

dioceses of Washington and Baltimore..Union. ,

A Fine Opening for Fllllbustera. I

The Sultan of Turkey, desirous to developthe resources of the Empire, we see, has <

thrown open to the settlement of foreign fam-ilies a territory of something over 30,000square miles, inoludiog districts of remarka-ble and well-known fertility, and skirted by J

a seacoaet nearly 3,500 miles in extent, wash- t

ed by no less than six seas, with numerous '

and well-known harbors in the Mediterra- 1nean, Adriatic, Archipelago, Blaok and Red 1

Seas, and the Persian Gulf. Here dow is a

splendid opportunity for oor filibusters, who I ijuust be just now pining for something to do. i

ALEXANDRThe Baltimore Exchange Bay?:."Mr. Ullmanhas announced his intention to introduceinto New York, the "bal masque," and t|

the Herald welcomes tho insidious novelty j|with a flourish of trumpets. Musard the b

great! Musard the incomparable! Parisian j;Mu>ard, is to presido over the arrangements,and everything is to be purveyed on a scale j"commensurate with the importance of the oc-

casion! Moreover, we arc gravely assured a

that "no improper persons will be admitted''.a feat which, we apprehend, will be foundon trial remarkably difficult to accomplish." 1

The Chattanooga Gazette says that Billy *

Ross a noted advocate of temperance, recent-£

ly lectured in Newark, Knox county, Tenn., 11and took the place by etorm. Over two hun- e

dred joined the temperance society, and nine- *

ty signed a pledge never to pormit liquor to 1

bo sold in the town, except for medical pur- [puses. All the liquor in the place was

bought and burned, and thoso w ho bad been (engaged in the traffic consented to abandon it.

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The Camden and Amboy Railroad Com- c

pany have recently introduced ga9 into their ^cars. A holder is | laced in one end of the I

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car and filled at the termini of the line. Two j<burners light the car in such a manner thatthe passenger can read tho smallest print 1

without any detriment to his eyosigbt. Thoexperiment has prayed a complete success.. 1

It is stated that $2 50 per trip is saved by 1

this new light.The Bank legislation will now commence, t

as Mr. Edmunds has succeeded iu making fthe following bills tho orders of the day for |to day, in the House of Delegates. "To jsuppress the circulation of notes of a certain t

denomination"To provido for a more i

uniform currency of tho Banks of the State," t

and "To requiro the Banks ol the Common- t

wealth to resume specie paymeats." £

It is stated in a special despatoh from 1

Washington to the Now York Times, that Col. (

Benton is confined to bis bed with cancer of ,

the stomach. He works upon his abridg- (meat of the oongressioual debates as steadily ,no or/.r nnH hnnPR to livfl loRf CDOUffh tO 1

JonBtitutioD, and that neither J udge Douglas,nor any other man, could be returned to theSenate if be favored a measure of that chartoter. Ho also recollected stating thaiSouthern gentlemen ought to have had sonic

:barity for their pisirion. Ho bad net con

rersed with Senator Douglas on the sutjeeluntil after his arrival in Wosnington, andlid not know what his private opinions were,

lie bad tulten his position at homo, and had

sxpresscd bis views freely and unreservedly,lie recollected stating lurtber.and ho apprehended that out of this had grown thtwhole trouble.of having a conversationwith the gentleman from Kentucky. How;vcrthat gentleman had understood him, hefiad a distinct recollection in regard to it oiitating that when, after their arrival hero,ind after stating that Judge Douglas would;ake a position antagonistic to the LeconiptonConstitution, the question occurred as tc

ibe time when he should make bis speech..That conversation, however, took place be;weenJudge Douglas, Col. Richardson andaimself, at Brown's Hotel, where Col. Richirdson,was stopping. lie remarked to

Judge Douglas that, if he had made up hiemind to oppose the Lccompton Constitution,in his judgment, ho should avail himself oihe earliest opportunity to deliver bis viows;for, on the 21st of December, the vote was

fro Iran nn thn ftitontion of the constitu-If\J UU luavu VU _ r

sion, and if bo had not defined his positionprevious to that, his motives might be calledin question. So far as ho was informed,this was the only conversation that had ta<

ken place between them, and in that opinion;he rest of the delegation participated..Why he should come to the gentleman from

Virginia and state that their course was

;aken solely with the Tiew of returningJudge Douglas to the Senate, he was en

lirely at a loss to determine, as ho was thai

gentleman's warm persooal friend, ihigain repeated that if the gentleman from

Virginia or the gentleman from Kentuckyoad understood him otherwise they had entirelymisapprehended what be said. lienight have said and doubtless did eav thatIllinois had not been very well provided for ic

appointments, but not that the delegates tc

:he Cincinnati Convention bad made certainrecommendations to the President. How:ould they have made those recommendationcwhen that convention was held before MrBuobaoao was elected? Xo recommendationaad been made, acid the gentleman bud misapprehended bim. lie might bare eaid and

iuubtlees did say, tbat the delegates in Congress,not tho delegates to the CincinnatiJonvention bad made certain recjmmecdadonsto tbe President, and that the person?;hey had recommended bad not been appoint3d. Here, then, tbe geotleman hadsubstitu:ed tbe recommendation of tho dolegation in

Congress fur that of the Cincinnati Conrenlion.He did not not seek to carry tbe mat

ter any further.Mr. Shito inquired whether Mr. Morrii

was willing for Mr. Burnett to speak.Mr. Morris said be bad no objection.Mr. Burnett then attempted to make hit

statement but was met witb numerous oljections,which caused considerable confusion.As sooo as order was restored, all objectionwas withdrawn, when Mr. Burnett proceeded witb bis remarks. Ho would say this ic

idvanoe: Tbe gentlemen from Virginia sometime since, in conversation, when discussingtbe action of gentlemen who differed witb

tbe democratic party on tbe Kansas questionsod tbe reason of tbetr course, detailed tc

bim, in substance, what be bad stated to tbe

Honee. He remarked that be bad substan

tially tbe same conversation witb Mr. Morris.Subsequently Mr. Smith came to bim

sod said be intended^) refer to tbe ooover

lation in public, and asked bis consent to re

fer to bis conversation with Mr. Morris,which be declined to give. Tbe gentlemanFrom Illinois bad applied to bim this morn

ing for his statement, when be eaid to bimwhat be bad said to lbs House.tbat be ooald

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IA GAZETTE AtHouse of Representatives, March ii7<

Mr. Shaw, of Illinois, referred to theharge of Mr. Smith, of Virginia, yesterday,hat a member from the State of Illinois nowa his seat told bim that a conference badieen held by the Illinois delegation, andbat they had concluded that the only courseor Judge Douglas to pursue in order to beeturued to the Senate was tbut which heiad pursued in relation to the bill for the.dmission of Kansas. He wished to sayhat no such consultation was ever had tolis knowledge, and that he had not taker>art in such a conference.Mr. Smith, of Illinois. Ailow mo to saj

be same.

Mr. Morris, of Illinois, stated that nclonsultation was ever held to his knowledge,md he was confident that none such was

ivor contemplated to bo held by that delegaion. lie had frequently stated, and probady to the gcptleman from Virginia, thailearly the entire democracy of Illinois baduken a stand against the LecompOn Constiutionlong before Congress convened.thaihey looked upon it as a great wrung anddelation of self-government, and that ncitb>r Judge Douglas nor any body else couldvould, or ought to be sustaioed by the peo>le of Illinois, if be supported it. If h(utd ever been understood to say anything>leo, be had been wholly misunderstood.Mr. Smith, of Virginia, said it would be

ecollected that on yesterday he had referredo the gentleman of the Illinois delegationhesuccessor of the gallant Richardson. Heilluded to Mr. Morris, who said, in a free:onver?ations on public questions.and heepeated it now with more distinctness thacben.that after this Congress had been iticssion, the Illinois delegation at tho meet

ng of Congress held a conference upon the>olicy that a certain distinguished Seoator.n other words, Judge Douglas.should purlue upon the Lecompton Constitution, andvith reference to securing his re-election tcbe Sonato of tho loited States. Ho badlaid thiB in conversation on various occa'

lions, and it was the result of a distinct re

jollectiun. lie adverted tj it yesterday andre repeated it to-day as a recollection of his,imphatical, clear and distinct, and when il,vas told to him he believed it. Tho gentlenan had also informed him that the lllinoiflelogation at the Cincinnati Convontiun hud'ecommended various appointments to the['resident, and that these recommendation!lad been disregarded, and that that wag one

)f the grievances on the part of the deloguion. lie would ask the gentleman fromKentucky if he bad not had a similar con

rersation.Mr. Burnett, of Kentucky, supposed he

tho pentlecian referred to. lie did nul

eel at liberty, placed in the position ho was

:o give the conversation, unless Mr. Morrislonseuted.Mr. Morris inquired of Mr. Smith when

;he conversation had taken place.Mr. Smith replied that it be had represen

:ed the gentleman truly, it did not matteitvhere tho conversation occurred: if falselyie should bo exposed, and the place was o

so conscqucnco. lie would answer, howjver, after they got more facts out.

Mr. Morris continued, if he ever had i

jonversation with the gentleman it was somi

;imc in December lust in his private room a

the United States Hotel, in tho presence o

lis family. Ho invited him there in a socia.vay, to enter into a conversation with tinriew of finding out whether some plan coulcoot bo devised by which the Kansas qucslion could be settled without the division o

the Democratic party. One object of th<jonveraution came up incidentally, that o

introducing un old Virginia soldier-friendsvho came here to get a pension, in thailonversation ho had stated that tbodumocra:y of Illinois, before tho meeting of Congress,with scarcely an exception, had takoc:heir position in opposition to the Locomotor

CD VIRGINIA ADA7:not make any statement about the conversationunless it was called for. Now f»r tbofacts. The lime be oould not fix and did not ofremember. Some time early after tbe com- ce

menocnient of Congress be met Mr. Morrison tbe street in company with another gen- intleinao, a member of the llouso. lie intro- sa

duced bim to tbe member, wben some conver- ufsation ensued, which ho did now remember.Mr. Morris then requested him to fail at his to

room, as lie desired to talk with him. Lie ofwas on hi* way to the War Department, andon his return he called, and tbey bad tho con- pcversation. He did not pretend to give the

' whole conversation, but they oommen ed fatalking about the position taken by the dis- ac

) tinguished senator lrom Illinois and his col- ar

leagues in the House on the Kansas question. Mi He understood Mr. Morris to stato distinctly ( iu- that, upon conference, tho friends of Judge

Douglas bad agreed and determiued that Mt Judge Douglas should pursue tbe course di1 which ho had taken on this question, and H- that it was the only mean9 by w hich he could bit sustain himself. The gentleman from 1 Hi- di1 nois well understood that he was the friend- of that senator. They bad both conversed of ai, uiakiog somo arrangement by which tbe dem-

ocratic party could stand as a unit. During til) tbatconversatioD there was a stat'mont that th

; ono reason why Judge Douglas felt himself ag- se

grieved was, that tbero had been an effort by ov* .1 .Dim fn iif

' me prcbt'iu tlUlXJIUIBii rm.yti vu awa.iv/j U.M.,

[ break him down, and that bin friends had to

been neglected in appointment, and the> claims of Illinois overlooked, and that they w

i did not intend to stand it. lie did not know tb> that he gave the language or the conversation dii in full. lie did not pretend to do it; but ho re

i had given the substance.the lacta involved ujin that conversation. to

) Mr. Marshall, of Illinois, said ho had wi

nothing to do with the question of voracity, te

or whatever it might bo called On yester- la1 day, when the gentleman from Virginia made 25) the charge, he stated that he never heard of

such a thing in any manner or form. He se

repeated it here to-day upon authority that co

uo such ooufereronce in any m inner, shape, heor forte was evor held by the delegation.. te

, Ho stated it distinctly and emphatically that oilt no such conference was ever held by the 1 Hi- in

nois delegation. The charge was wholly unau- Ki thorized by the fact*, that Judge Douglas m

bad indicated to Mr. (Jalnou.i too plan for wli admittiug Kansas under the Lecumpton con- lit) stitution. sa

s Mr. Smith said the only question of fact se- now was that in reference to the conversa- te

i tion ho held with Mr. Morris. I'pon that Mfact be had nothing further to say. It was is

j said by the gentleman that this conversation itri occurred in bis room, in the presence of bit< ujt family. That was true, and ho went thero A

, with a view of consulting with him about the tb» claim of the old soldier; and they branched hi

off into general conversation after that sub- of5 joct was disposed of. It was not held direct- pi

ly or indirectly with an understanding of con- in- fidence ; on the conttary, he and the gentle- drr man agreed that when public men conversed w

, upon public subjects it was a subject uponf which all might speak at will and pleasure. m

- He had not understood the gontlcman from fr

Kentucky as declining to permit the use of pci his name ; it he had so understood him, he C.; should nut have referred to him. and he madet this explanation so as t have this matter up- thf, dcrstood, ar,«l he did so because he held it K1 to be a duty to the country, if he could, to ptJ trace up by any proper and legwimato means "11 the6ecrct motives of public men. te

Mr. Morris obtained the floor.1 Mr. Wkk.ut. ot Ueorgia. called fortho rcg <ir

> ular order of business. 11c thought they bad IT better stop hero in order to keep thciu i'roui, running into personalities,t Mr. Florence, ot Pennsylvania, moved DC

that the Uouao adjourn; which motion was not

agreed to. jMr. Wkkuit, at the solicitation of triends,

then withdrew his call for the regular order th

, of business. IMr. Morris then proceeded. Ho had not V11

sought to implicate the gentleman front 01

: Virginia in auy privato conversation, and he ^> did not know that the sub6tanooof what had ^Ji

been said disagreed with what ho had stated, 01

t lie did not think it very material, at all1 events. The gentleman had announced to a'

the House bis settled purpose to use all pri- '1Cvate conversation, where he thinks that the t:t

public service requires it. lie did not know P1'

wbero the gentleman drew the distinction. '^c

Mr. Smith denied that ho said that he afwould use private and cnr.CJontial convereu-1

tion for public use. He had said this: that, ClJ

i without the injunction of Confidence, he f'1would regard no conversation upon publicaffairs as privato. bi

Mr. Morris said that the gentleman was ar

very watchful over the interests of tlio coun- m

try. lie depf'ecated the course marked out b)by the gentleman from Virginia as calcula- be

ted to do great injustice to friends.co

Heavy Robbery. tilA package containing $10,000 in Virginia

notes was stolen about one o'clock on Friday thlast from the Farmers' and Planters' Bank dr-» QnUimnm 11 onnMP* thatavouncr man. wiai uviiiuivm. *' "rr j r~

a clerk in a large mercantile bouse, went to re

tho bank for the purpose of making a th

deposite. lie bad ?1G,000 with him.$6,- tu

000 in checks, which were enclosed ia a habank-book, and tho package above mentioned c<|of £10,000 intended to be placed gd speoial Mdeposite. On reaching the bank and finding fci<the epaco outside the counter filled with per- wi

sons in waiting, be placed the hook contain- <>r

ing both sums of money uputi the desk of ouc Sii oi the tellers while he attended to some busi- tu

; ness in the neighborhood of tho post olllce.lie was not absent from the bunk over ten

t minutes, but on rotuming he discovered tbut ,

: tho package of £10,000 h id beon stolen from 1

the folds of the book, and as yet no clue bas '

been bad to the thief. ( ®"Horrible, j 19

We learn tbat a m jst horrid butchery of a fitl

little colored child was enacted one diiy last 10

i week in Delaware, near the line or this State. w

It appears that the old folks wont from home ('(

and left two small hoys in the house, who,i during their aleence, tjok their little sister ai

to tho wood pile, laid her bead upon a log, 1D

and chopped it otf with an axe. The young- w

er brother afterwards cbupped off one of her at

arras. On the return of the parents the mu- T£

nf thf> nhild were found scat-» iiiaicu v»»

i tered about the yard. The reason for this cl

. inhuman act, given by the oldest boy, is,, tbat bis sister had dared him to do it, and {"'!. "be wuuld'nt take a dare from auybody.".. Snow Hill Shield.

.. cr' Heavy Load. j a

The Boat "Susan Baker," owned by Rentch pcit jjtonebraker, of this place, Mr. Geo. liar- m

rie, Captain, left tho Wharf of the Cbesa- i»!

peake and Ohio Canal, at this place, on Sat- ev

urday last, 20tb inet., ladened with 4000 ci<bushels of Corn, 200 bushels of wheat, 150 b<bushels of Oats, 128 barrels of Flour, 50 Lush- ej

' els of Timothy Seed.the entire weight ofwhich was one hundred and thirry-Our tons.

Tho boat averaged 4 feet, 8 inches of water

in the bow, and 4 feet 5 inches in the stern. PThis is said to be the heaviest load ever te

known to leave the wbarf of Sbepherdstown, di'

upon the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.. b<1 i ShepherdMou-n Uey. et

* tbI Illver Sports out We»t.

i The Cincinnati Casette bos a "private tele ai

gram" from Louisville, which says i oc"The Baltic and Diana loft New Orleans 6*

\ together, and are coming up to Portland on Bla race. A diBpatob from Memphis states

- tbat the Baltic was ahead, and that eachsteamer was doing her best to reach Louisirille first." IThe next dispatch will probably read thus, oi

"Terrible steamboat explosion I" "-.lire# to

1 lost!" "boart-reoding incidents," oto.

mile* from Decatur. Mr. G. stopped theirsemen and engaged thorn in converse- n>n in reference to horsos, and, perhaps, c

op^sed a swap, with the expectation of v

taming the thieves until he could secure psUtnnce to enable him to ariest them.. n

aat elT.rt failed, however, and Mr. (J. ac

mpanied the two men a short distaaeo on

eir way. Seeing a man ongaccd at work Jja field near by, Mr. Gibson called to him. ^

it the laborer was afflicted with deafness,id did not hear the call. Mr. G. then dis-uunted and caught the horse of each iiderthe bridle, charging that the horses hud

en stolon. Of course a rencontre ensuediring which one of the men called upon his v

mpanion to kill Gibson. The tight lor a t

no was desperate and uncertain. a

Mr. Gibson finding that he was inferior to io physical energy of two powerful men,ew a bowie-knife from his bosom, with bhich to defend himself, but tbo 6cabbard | iimained upon the kuilo after it was drawn, u

us rendering the weapon useless. For- t

natMy one of the men grasped the scab- s

iid firmly, and the knife was thus unsheath- i[. Then, in an unequal-hand to hand tight, | tr. (-ihfton killed both men and took posses- e

>n of tho stolen property. Tho thieves dore named respectively I'at Chamberlain, c

Chamberless, an Irishmen, and John v

nith, who is represented to be from Ken i

clcy. ; it

Til* Milp|iln^ Intercut.

The depression which now prevails among te snipping of this port, is so eevere that the t"ospccts oi a revival are disoussod with muchlicitude. A gentleman remarked yester- jly that ho effected charters this week at flwcr rates than at any time within his re-

Election. A variety of circumstances scein tpoint to the month of Judo as the timo

hen a revival may be expected with a good (igree of certainty. Communication with £ie Great West will be then uninterrupted, fid her products will begin to oome forward |large auantitio9. More than six months ^

ill then have eiapscd since both the export»d import trade of the country received a

iry decided check. Owing to tho derangedate of Domestic exchanges, previous to the c

osing of tho Canals, but a small proportionthe great staples of tho North were sent ,rward to the seaboard and the South, other {ndred influences have produced the same re- jlit, and the consequence has been that bold- tJ n olniomt/l I that have nrOrodbar to any active export trade. The im- »

>rts at ibid port have fallen off in quantityore than odg half, and are really below the jisolute requirements of tbid country. It is 6

'ident, therefore, that a rooewal of importa- t>n cannot be loDg delayed, while there can ,> no relief to our granaries except through \

[portation..X. }*. Courier. t

State Fajr,That the next State Fair will be bold in

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etersburg, by the Union Society, is a matrsettled. The Democrat says that the con- '

tions upon which such an arrangement has?ea made, are that the State Committee is

upowcred to appoint tbo Marshals, arrange <

le premiums, and the Union Society t

»ar all expenses, It is supposed that the }

nount of premiums to be awarded will ex

;ed in the total $3,500, and in detail promtsuch an array as wiii not fail to offer un- !irpassed inducements to exhibitors. A j

rand display is anticipated. I

BERKLEY & SHAC'KLE'IT are now re- i

ceiving their Spring and Summer supply (

Staple and Fancy DRY GOODS, to which <

i#y invite the attention ofpurchasers generally,mh 70 (

30, 1S5S.Colonization Society of Virginia.Tbo following loading facts and figures,

;athered from the annual report of theJiionizatiun Society of Virginia for 1857,till be perused with interest:"The C donizit 01 Society is a rcsp >nse to

epeatcd demands of Che General Assemblyf Virginia for an asylum for free negroes,tc. These demands were made in 1802,804 and 181**. L'p to this date there had>ecn no 0 (Ionization Siciety. The AmoriinColonization Siciety was organized inlanuiry, 1817, in responso to these demands.L'bo Presidents of the Society have beeafudge Washington, Charles Carroll, Jas.4 idison, Henry Clay, Ac. Tlie Virginiaiiciety a Presidents have been Judge Marhall,Cov. Tyler and Gov. Floyd.The revenue of the Parent Siciety in 1857

vas $97,350 75, of which 845,000 was the;ift of a «ingle planter in Mississippi. Theeveuoe of the Virginia Society, in 1857,vas $8,000. Tho emigration was smallerhan usual, owing to the rumors about a

amiuo iu Liberia, which was only a scarcity,uch as is incident to all countries, andvhich, in this case, was occasioned by a

ailure of the rice crop, and the withdrawalif in any Liberiaos from agriculture, at a

iusy season, to repel the aggressions of someiosiil' tribes, Jtc. The number of emigrantsn 1857 wore 424, of whom 13G were fromfirgiuia. Tbo chiof difficulty tbo Societyia.> to encounter, is the unhealtbiness of theropics to emigrauts from a temperatoclime.L'his fact interdicts the land to the whitenan as a butne. l»ot Africa is the naturaliradle of the negro race, and the mortalityins not exceeded that attending the eolonizaionof this country at Jamestown and Piynoutb.Tho following is a iist of tho officers of tho

jociety for 1858:President.John Kutherfoord.Vice-Presidents.Governor Wise, W. II.

dacfarland, Judge Moncure, James C. Bruce,Uexan Jerll. II. Stuart, Judge Caskie, Judge,'yler, Wyodham Robertson, John II. Cooke.Managers.P. V. Daniel, Jr., P. R. GrataD,John 0. Stcgar, John lliward, James

.'homas, Jr., Dr. W. II. Gwathraey, G. W.iandilpb, M. Gretter, R. Whitfield, Samuel'ucuey, Dr. Palmer, Dr. Parker, James>unlop, W. II. Ilaxali, J. P. Taylor, John

t .lr I'hilin Prinrt \'i(*hnlas Mills.O'i Fleming James.Secretary.Frederick Braoslbrd.Treasurer.Thomas 11. Ellis.General Superintendent.Kev. P. Slaugher.Agent for Emigrants.Rov. W. 11. Starr.

Telesraplilc DetpalcbM.Portland, M irob 27..The steamship

> jrt'i American sailed hence about 2 P. M.,or Liverpool, with a full freight, but only a

mail complement of tirst-class passengers,lie also carried the L'nited States mails, inullilment of the contract with the postodiceminorities.New VoRi, March 28..The next news

rom Europe will be duo about Tuesday, audtill Le brought either by tbe City of Baltiuoreor the British steamer Alps, both ofrhieb vessels were announced to leave Livrpoolou tbe 17ih, lor New York. Theiraivices will b« lour days later.Belvidere. I'a., Mareh 27..The Kteam

atmery of Messrs. Sharpe A Co., was totallylestroyed by lire last night. The loss is

bout $8,000. Insured for $d,U00.Bosion, March 20..The chair manufactoryof Borrago Bros., in Aahburnham, with

utbuildings, was destroyed by fire ycatorUymorning. Loss $10,000.Morrill's satinet arid woolen factory, in

'elcbervillo, Windsor county, Vermont, was

urned on Tuesday night. Loss estimated at

12,000. Insured for $8,000.Mkrrittsville, C. W., March 27..Tbo

rial of Townsend, the bighwnyman, comoenoedyesterday ; great excitement prevails,kous inds of peoplo from the surroundingountry attending. There are upwards ofno hundred witnesses, including four penicntiaryconvict*, to be examined on tbe partf the Crown, and oearly as many on bobalfI iuu prisoner.Buston, March 27..A man named Gan10ftwas arrested hero yesterday, on the

barge of bi^auiy, basing, it is allowed, threerives living, two of vrboni he married withnthe prcscut month, ilo was formerly a

aorobant in good standing in this city.N*w York., March 28 .The steamer ErairoCity, irom Havana, has arrived, with

lates to the 2«>J. Sugar was active, aodloiders lirm. Molasses unchanged. Freightsre re dull. Exchange rates tending upward.

Attempted Suicide of a convict.

On Tuesday last, Jcflcniah ShifletF, ^ conict, on bis way to the Penitentiary, attemped suicide, for the particulars of which vre

,ro indebted to Maj. 11. J. Kelly, sberifl ofdonroe county.On the morning named, Maj. Kelly and

lis deputy, Col. Lively, started from Union,n a back, with Shitietr, en routs for Richaond.<Ju reaching tho -'Alum Rock," on

he bank of Jackson's river, Sbiflett madeom2 excuse to get out of the vehicle for an

nstant, the Sheriffaccompanying him. Thewo were standing on the rock near eachither, Sbiilett heavily ironed, when he sudlenlyleaped into the river, a distance of ten

r fit teen feet, and alighting in the current,vhich was ten feet deep and quito rapid, hemmediately sunk, but rising to tbe surfacen an instant thereafter, was Bpeediy floatedo a large stone, were he readily found footngand gladly remained, until a rope was

brown to him, which lie seized with avidiy,arid was drawn ashore.Sbiflett aftorwards stated that his object

n taking the cold plunge was to commituicide by drowning, but the,sheriff tbiokstis prisoner hoped to cilcct bis escape byiking to tbo water.Last Thursday evening Maj. Kelly deliv>rcdthe prisoner at the Penitentiary, whithirbe had been sent by the Court of Monroe

luunty lor seven years, oo cmviction ofburning the barn ol Dr. Caldwell, of Greenbrier,in hi jvembor last.. Rich. Diap.

The Latest Invention.The latest effort of inventive genius is a

:an« the purpose of which is thus described:''It must be obvious to all persons who

ide in omnibuses, that some new means ofpaying tha tare is demanded, thereby dispensingwith tbo inconvenience of leavingheir seats, treading on crinoline, or otherviserendering uncomfortable those who areheir feiiow past-eDgers for the time being.This cane holds the money for 16 rides.

52 three cent pieces. Each time you push a

iAiall knob near the handle, tbo money for>oe ride is made to project to the other eDd,vhenco it can be easily taken by the driver.

< L. i _:,i_kv ltd toe toajmsy 01 person wuu nave iu imo

wioo a day, it only requires to be loadediDce a week, which is done by unscrewing;he bottom, and tilling tbe ferule with threesent pieces. It answers in every other respecttbe purposes of an ordinary cane."

t^OR .SALE..Having permanently settledmyself in the city of Alexandria. I now

lifer to sell privately, the very desirable properyin the town of Jelfersonton, Culpaper County,fa formerly owned by J. F. Latham, consist7^3mg 01 a large and comfortable DWELiliiELING HOUSE, Kitchen. Granary, Stable,ce-house, Ate., with about THIRTY-TWOVCRF.S of beautiful grass land, a large and>/oductive Garden, Orchard, &c., which I williell on most accommodating terms. Any one

wishing to purchase, I would refer them to Mr.Daleb Burnley or Mr. James Settle, residents>f the above place; Mr. Rice W. Payne, Warrsnton,Va., or to Z. English At Brother, Alexanlriafonh l*~-eotf] C. W ENGLISH

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ERTISER-marchIlouite of Delegate*, Tlarcli 580.

Oyster Funduui..This bill being tbe onler !the day was taken up, and the Clerk pro- peded to read tbe bill by sections. CMr. Sogarm ived todispcoso with the read- v

g, but toe Chair decided that it was necesryto read the bill, a9 amendments would be r

ferod. o

Mr. Sweeney here suggested to Mr. Pax- in to lay the bill on the table, with the view 1having the amendments printed. tMr. Pjxun declined to eutortain tbe pro- e

isition. «JMr. Claybrook said that Mr. Paiton bad 'Jvored him (Mr. C.) with a look at the Jnendments. Tbey were 34 in numler; Jid, instead of their being of no moment, as ir. Paxton had conceived, they were of vital s

lportance.Mr. Paxton said it was not his fault that v

c. Claybrook had cot an opportunity of *

scussing tbe bill within the last 30 days.. r

e (Mr. P.) had no especial interest in tbe v

il, but be had taken charge of it and would t

> his duty by it. fMr. Claybrook said bo did not wish to be at s

1 regarded us dodging the question. \

This bill makes tbe (doveroor moro em- I

latically tbe despot over tbe oyster country c

an tbe Emneror of Russia was over his Irls, or tbo Emperor of the Celestial Empire Ier his people, lie asked tbe House, as an iit ofjustice, to sustain him in his demand yhave the amendments printed. tMr. Paxton said ho was afraid if he agreed t

itb the proposition of Mr. Claybrook that Jey would not meet at Pnillippi, and if thoy c

d not, tbeu he would bold the gentleman e

sponsible. lie (Mr. P.) intended to cut fc> by the roots the "liberty" of tbe Yankees t

violate the law in Virginia; and if these 1

ere Mr. Claybrook's people, ho did thon inndt) destroy their liberty of violating tbo iws, a tbiag which had been practised loryears.Mr. Kemper hero crossed ovor from bis Jat, and, standing beside Mr. Claybrook, Immencod to address tho II mse. He said Iwas not in tbe ring of tbis light. (Laughr.)Mr. Claybrook, be peroeivod, was ex- t

ted. (Mr. Claybrook bore made some re- Iark about boing cool.) Whereupon Mr. 1em per said "Oh, yes. Mr. Claybrook re- Iinds mo of a oertain major at liuena Vista, 1ho wu« seen furiously riding along the ?jes,.the object of bis hot baste being to u

v 'ktoen coul. bovs! keen cool! Don't youj r * j

e 1 am as oool as lioll!'" (Imtnenso laughr.)Printing theso amendments (continuedr. Kemper) will create delay. Toe House tdow '"iu articulo mortis." (This causedimense laughter, which became perfectlywuarious on Mr. Tomlin'ssaying, "Amen!")member (said Mr. K ) had remarked thatis bill affected the very meat and bread of

sconstituents; but, Good Lird! every one t1

my constituents pav ft tax for every bit heits in his mouth. Mr. Kemper continued

avory pleasant and witty strain to ad- fess the I louse, and restored th it good humor »

bieh was evidently ebbing fast.Mr. Paxtou bere remarked that it was a fost extraordinary thing that the gentleman v

oui Northumberland, should hive consulted c

>or oystermeu on political economy and the v

institution of the 1'aited Sta'es. e

Nlr. Claybrook was proceeding to roply to a

is in rattier a warm manner, when Mr.eaiper again spoke and said that bo inter- twed as a peace maker, and the Bible said, ,jllisssed is the peace-maker." (Much laugh- u

rAfter some further discussion, the conssduMonof the subject was pontponcJ.IJratli ofTwo Horse Thieves.

Terrible lielributiuri..The Memphis, Tenisscc,Av.ilanche, ot Tuesday, says:Wo announced some days ago that Mr.li. Cooper of 'i'uscuDibia, Ala., had had

'o horses stolen from him. Mr. Cooperought it probable that tbo thieves were till in the neighborhood, and, with the u

ew of detecting them, employed a gentle-an named Gibson to pursue tbem. On c

iturday last, tbo liOth inst., when Mr. o

bson on his way to Decatur, Ala., be t

et two men who were mooDted upou the o

cntical horses that had been stolen sever- o

An Indian Wedding,The Nebraska City News of the '1 ins;contain* a long account of the marriage r[

a Pawnee chief to a blood 11 >yal S.juaw oft-.,0 oe tribe. The bridegroom was cnm.'jWhitewater, and the Iride Wab-mueh'sbinga. We extract the following:The ohicftian'a daughter wa-. elegmt 7dressed in a red flannel shirt with deep bluecalico border, a checked apron, a (.unionkilledbuff ilo robe and a white feit ha'. H_fjewels were magnificent, Prom either au:..

cular depended bright ornameota of Lu,ctin and copper.We must not omit to mention that M;hWah-muih-pe-shinga also wore a "reu p^.coat," embroidered according to a design f

her own, with porcupine <juil!s, representinga desperate dog-fight. Her entire wari:_.and jewelry could not have c >st le*s tim

thousanddollars in Foutcnelle money. Thbridegroomwas attired in all the nngncenco which his rack and wealth deuianJej.lie wore a standiog shirt collar, a medal ofPresident Pierce, a blue straigbt-c ..hardsoldier coat, with brass buttons, and angant pair of Spanish spurs, wbde his stalwartloins wore admirably clothed in an ancientcoffee sack. Altogether the appear,ance of both the bride and the gruoui w*sappropriate to their high sphere id life. IThe uust sumptuous feast awaitej the I

guests at the residence of the bride's fa\.er |It was spread in a 0amp-kettle and iq> Ided over tbo fire that burned in tbe centre f |tbat princely lodge. It consisted of v a:'- 9dog meat, very teuder, blue corn and eldd

* !dog meat, beaver tails and uiule steak" Ifresh tiih and sugar, making altigetbe: flone of tbe must palatable and ouuruiu.,; Icompounds tbat ever graced a royal camp* flkottle. Tbo born-spoons of occidental lux. gury seldom coDvey to tbe educated paUte |viands moro tempting and de-Inn us As Ifor drinks, oorn-wbiskey, made of red p.-;. Iper, tubacco plugs and rain water, together 8with molasses-sweetened coffee, uude . fltbe list. M

California a n<l her Htiourcei, BThe Uelighus lleraldof Riebmond Bt| I

list) contains an interesting Jett -r tit IRev. J. D. Coleman of Caroline e untv, V» Cfrom tbe Rsv. J. L. Sbttck, a missionary Xtbe church now in California. g

Several Cuiueae have been converted mi Iaro now in tho field as Missionaries. As ftCbak is represented as a lucid and pleassc: Sspeaker, and one who "truly interest! b. floountrvmen by bis simple yet accurate sol Ibeautiful similes aod illustrations of lbs Ktruth.'' X

Iron, of a suporior quality, has recoct'? ftbeen discovered in California, which Mr. IShuck represents as s rich th it bluoksmittu Ican work it up into some articles just u : Iis taken in its natural state from the m ir. »

tain's side. New quicksilver mines Lik Ialso been discovered, although those n.i Iworked noar San Joso arc said to lo ta» ftrichest in the world, and euliicient to su:,.t Ithe wants ot all u itions for tw) bui,.t . flyears to couie. A rich coal mine is c » Iworked with glowing prospects between v ftFrancisco and Stookton. Two Sugar rede- 8rics, several factories lor boilers and ::.c ftheavy iron works, and one large channel ftfactory, have been established, while etuis Bgrist and iaw mills, in great number? Mi- ftbeen put in successful operation throo^i c. Itbe State. t

Prices of liviog continue eooronu?.- BFlour bas been selling the past winter it Btwenty-four dollars per barrel! Beef . . B125 cents per pound, butter from *- t fcents to £L.0l> Ilaui 30 cents, bacon cei'o, Ipork and mutton and veal, same a? t- ' 8

I...i. .,wl .Ki..I,,>n. -ill .'II i.prri;: IiUiticovu vovu^uu wu.v»v..^., rr »

Wild fowls are generally cheap. Sujjar . Icents per pouud, molasses, coffee, and tea .3 Ilike proportion. |Money commands from to 30 per eec:. I

per annum interest. Men readiiy borrow *i Ithis rate and give good security, but tbcL Irower is almost invariably ruined. And > Ihigh rate of interest has been the main a K

strumentality in making California « at Inow is, vis: a poor-houso on a large seiie. a

A Warnlug lo Young Ladle*. I

The Lancaster (I'a ) Kxaininer. in opv.r: Bthe account of tho arrest in Baltimore of» Vyoung man, who, it is alleged ha* f en r

ing himself off as a "nephew of L'jmm1 " IStockton," and obtiining ni n"V \r m |banks in York and Lancaster by id?jo t |forged checks says: 5

This will provo unacceptable news u ait

ny of our romantic young ladies who M* it Itho form of "the nephew of Coma:.r« EStockton" all that was noble, patriotic v. 9worthy in man. Although a etrar<g»r «

traveling under unfavorable aii's ce- i

boasted connection with the Stocktonso' N" EJersey furnished him a sufficient p i*'; ' I"snobdom," while the inordinate am of f"brass" be carried upon his countenar. V

gold sufficient to tho9o who are ever a Ito bow down and worship wealth and ; Iparticularly if embodied in the per- i..

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stranger. 'J'he lesson taught them, hby the "nephew of Commodore St c» f

will not, wo hope, be without its salutary Ifluence, teaching them to be more caui r

for the future in Choir udvances to andjtronage of strangers. ^

This "nephew of Commodore St "k' Ialias Stubbins (l'boebus wbnt a nam*'timental misses) appears to bate b- n <1auite an extensive business. Traveling"(lead head" on railroads.making fr Ito street-spioniog young ladies wL - |vulgar workiogmeu.-and drawing t; lchecks upon banks and saving in-ditoi: Ipayment of bis carnage hiro and L |

I bills, he was truly a love of a man, v<> V

eminently worthy of being sought alter, :t Iand gallanted through tho streets. I

The eldest daughter of Oeorge tb** " Iwas tweoty-fuur before she married »:>

then had to take the deformed pnncs |Orongo, because he was the only Pi !c"'t 5prince in Europe, of suitable age. '^r |er expostulated with her on tho mat toj»: Bof her proposed bridegroom. "Were " IDutch baboon," she answered, tired o'* Eher position at home, "I would m*rrr - KIt was the custom of that coarte tc.'

bride und groom, on the nuptial e'f Ito sit up in bed, in costly nightreceive the compliments of their ''r KOn this occasion as the royal faa |_'Enobility, defiled past the princ-.' ; Jwho were magnificent in lace aod

J queen, the bride's own uj -tber, de - >" Iwhen she looked at the bridegro'ra1bind, be seemed to have no bead, »c« Bshe looked at him in front, she J '

for the life of her, tell where his "** '. I

The princess lived to regret her m1- ,..Hdition at her father's Court, eVtfQ *1'"1 J |neglect that attended ic. fl

Murder and Suicide mC»Hf, IThe tragedy at Grafs Valley "ecu;

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niderable apace in the j mrcaJs. r plireunan, who, by mcnas f pru'«8£>Dod bis wife and three children. - -

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committed suicide, was an educate! ^ Btelligent Irishman, president of t;'f HHope Mioing Company, and fjraje,:' -,.Bnected with the Mew York presf- Bbeen onfortunate in his mining (L J . Hhad involved himself in debt to the ..

of $100,000, and made an aasift0®*"' ,,-flproperty for the benefit ofbifmBrooding over his misfortune*, he tA

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is thought, partially insane, aodde ^planned aod carried into effect to® - m

tion of hia family and himself1

I T7MNCY CflALUES I>EU;V IF Frinta, Black and Whi'S do- *0, Ebncs, Debagee, at lowest marketr*'' -> K

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