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ashington Correspendence. ‘Wasninoton, February 24, 1850. The Negro Question — Diswnion—The Southern leracy—Curious Conversation om the A» pests and Prospects of Things in Washington. ‘The National Hotel, better known as Coleman’s, is the headquarters, in the evening, for the quid nunce and messengers, including a pretty liberal intermixing of the genus loafer. Here all hands, clerks of the departments, M. C.s, lobby members, letter writers, travellers, office seekers, stool pigeons of the gambling holes, claim agents, and genteel loafers, (seen everywhere, but never seen to eator drink, except at other people’s expense,) haere they all congregate, to learn the events of the day Here and there in the crowd, you may sin- gle out some poer fellow, two-thirds lunatic, upon whose flighty imagination his wrongs, in being denied a seat in Congress, are working out the dis- solution of the Umon; and there is almost inva- riably to be seem im the group, two or three, at least one, inflexible, inevitable, and invulnerable loafer, who seems to subsist upon the gossip of the hotels. For five or six years, he has never been known to do a hand’s tura at any thing, except in adrink sponged off some acqueaintance—nobody has ever seen him with a sixpence in his posses- 10m; yet, by some sort of incomprehensible leger. demain, he does contrive to keep up a kind of shabby genteel appearance. It is supposed that he never eleeps. This is a mystery. He probably eats one meal aday, the morning lunch, at the hotels. There are a numberof these chaps; but we select one, for a sample. As soon as the gas is lit, the newsmongers, the members, the travellers, the outsiders, and the letter writers may be seen gathering into clusters, diccnoning the affairs of the nation. Let us select aparty of three, an ex-Senator, a member of the House, and a letter writer; and hear what they have to od Letter Writer—Good evening, gentlemen, (shakes hands with the ex-Senator and member of the House, and eits down between them.) Any thing out te-dey % : Ex-Senator—Dull as the first Sunday in Lent. You letter writers ought to know. Come, come, open your wallet, and show us what you have got. Letter Writer—Well, ! hear that the compromise is to come from the North. (‘Takes a pinch of snuff out of the box of th D.) M. C.—Of course. ¥ ll ‘know that. The South have nothing to and they will only accept the best terms. We have fallea upon a day of strange events. : Ex Senator—Wel!, these times do turn up the strangest sort of thir Old Zack, for President, only think of that! Louis Napoleon, President of France—a big black nigger Emperor of Hayti— Henry Clay, the organ of tree soil—the Cass platform knocked to the devil, end Webster fixing npapi.n with Calhoun he settlement of the er Writ Webvter the very 1 M. C.—Well, Idou’t know. Mr. Webster has great influence in the Senate. He may coavey the Missour ime thiough that body ; but I aim afraid, geutlemen, { am afraid of the House. Ex. Senator (threws away the stump of a segar.) —Weil, let ‘em goon. We of the South begin to understand the idea of disunion. Your tarifis and your navigation laws have for sixty years been sucking {out the lite-blood of the South, to sup- oi your Northern monopolies. Let the concern reak, and you #1)l soon find eut that the secret of Northern en isin this system of govern- alth out of the South, and speculators of the merchants, manu- divide the Union, and is tariff of 46, agaist the € $30,000,000 out of it, to rseives. We will attract iders and merehants to and New Orleans; | begin to go down. the South, and I tell you 4 suppose we have any Jnion? ppose you set upa w are you to protect the Tr ment, which extracts the to support the monopo! North, the stoc facturera, and ship ave us of the Sou North, and we will be expended among manufacturers and ship t Charleston, Savannah, M and New York in ten ye With theee notions they ere spreading particular desire to Bieter Writer—V Southern conteder BEx-Senator—Har em Lettor Write: Ex-Senato: ching will be a racy, binding them ding for railroads ¢ and a tanff cf iw including the fre tionists, Godd—n war, The first rn confede- » keep the peace, and provi- he like, North and South, eeprocity, of some sort, aioa of the Mississippi. We have got th it the North gets un- ruly, we have only irsupples. England will buy all our surplus cotton, for the matter o that. Letter Writer—We'l of this Sout 1 Ex-Senator—The valley of the Mississippt and the sea coast to the head of the Chesapeake Bay. And I tell you, gentlemen, the North would not be out many years, before they would petition for re- Annexation on our own te _ Letter Writer—What, then, becomes of Wash- ington city ?. Are there thirty thousand people to be stopped of their supplies t M. C.—Oh ! as for Washington, I apprehend the eapitol_will have to go over the mountains, any how. The West wil! soon have the power, as they have now the desire to remove it. Stranger (putting in)—Yea, gentlemen, and the best eompromie |, to Keep the Union toge- ther, and the cap t is, would be to set Up & separate repr n, Deweret and Cali- ‘ornia, for themsely ild be the making of them ; and by trea uid secu Ul the com- dvantages of the Union its think, however, we tter wait, to done with Mr Webster's compromise, before we undertake theve large operations. Here the report of a dog ‘ghtin the street broke up the consultation the talk will afford some valuable hints for Northern men to refleet upon. We are inthe midet of a revolution, and great changes, in many woys, must grow out of it; im fact, just such changes as result from revolutions. Wasnixato, Feb. 28, 1850. Mr, Seward’s Tea Party. Evening parties have been quite the fashion in Washington this winter. The cabinet have them regularly, and member the two] houses are follewmg them out efore last, Mr. Seward gave atea party, a quiet little affair, to a dozen or so members ot Congress and others; and we have to remark it, os one of the curiosities of the times, that Gen. Foote, of Mississippi, was in vited, and was there, cheek by jowl, with Thar- low Weed and W. H. Seward. This is the most incomprehensible of all the mysteries of Wash- ington. We have, too, our fears of the result. We are afraid tuat the inexorable Foote will cease his vigilant attention over the “Senator from the Empire State,” while everyboy had counted upon Foote to keep the wiry and cunning free soiler in the traces. ithas been done thus far to admita- tien; but that tea party ia a bed sign. Foote ought to have been ewk thet night—bad cold—or just called off to the bedside ot a sick friend, or some- thing of that sort a velf wo the treaty what are to be the limits yt dependence in uy rer is gone. is a rara avis—we do not quite despair yet. Bat if he should yo to a regulor diner, atthe house of sunt the Mississippian Senator, we sh I suardion of “the distin- utterly diequalified as guished Senator from \ew Yor or of all things in the world, a good dinner effects the most mis chievous combinations ar . The week point ef man is . a good dinner iva bribe which se! of success, Wasnrvorom, Feb. 20, 1860, The Negro Question— Mr. Clemens reopens the Wer— Case, Clay, Jefferson Davis, Foote, Hall, Butler, ond the Younger Dodge in the Ring. ‘The pubic anticipation to-day was the speech ot Mr. Clemens, of Alabama. A young mas, scoldentelly elected to the Set we may sey,and unheard of fa this latitede, if net wholly uoksown heretofore, hie appearance inthe Senate excited neither eurlosity nor expectation, un'll be meade # short extemperaneous apeech, ome Sine day. on a subject connected with the avery question. He war at once acknowledged as to give bim their ov with & pleared exprersion of countenance, was partion- larly gratified at the manifest ability which must be- Jong to that speaker who. extemporancously, the spot, could adurre* himself to the wubject with much boldness, polntedness, declsiveners, and streuth. Mr. Clemens was, from that day, ret down as one of the bess speakers of the Senate, His subseyvent im. promptu speeches have sustained and strengthened the firet impressions of his oratorieal powers. ‘The interert, ker. The designation of s day, “em Mg Ty Eine inted, am: elt mecting. of the thie Senate }, before morn: galieries were pretty well filled, and sat ladies were waiting im the antechamber and Interesting Stotistscs of the Mexican War. ‘The Seoretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of July 21, 1848, has laid before that body an interesting exposition of the forces employed im the Mexican war, and the losses incident From the letter of the Seoretary, in explanation of the tables, we make the following extracts, relative to the loud toroes om: ployed in the late war wil the information called for by galleries:— A Voice—Clemens speaks to-: Rep-Nowso Man Van end be'ss 8 perfect the Northern Pare, Tus Max ler democrat. jular fire cater— . He'll tear the lint out - ? Thoozht be was e kind of ‘at Man—Nothing like it. He is a regular Southern ; the junior embodiment GanreHeango’ Mar’ Geailewen, aey-Heapep — to hear CI Mr. Clemens took the floor. jentom and the first resolution of Mr. They were the same as such he should discuss them. The pro- foretold the dey when the lion end the lamb should lie down together; it have been as to its fulfilment, after this junction o0-operation of Thomas H Benton and Henry the great expupger and the great embodim« could be too strange for his belief. He regarded jetion as of evil im ‘aleo considered that the speec! in bebalf of the Union, was hen that Senator could only venture to deal in general principles and qualified eon- essions, fon to the South to despond. {tion of Simen de Montfort, on the Evesham, when he deciared—* Now ery on our souls, for our bodies are Prince The argument of the short speech of Mr. Clemer day, was confined to California; based upon the as- sumption that Valiforpia had mo right, mo authority, no RO qualifications to adopt a co: people, according to the Gove: geneous mass of human bein; every hue, and every msn knew that tl adventurers there from our country, get! stitution, never intended to remain ip C creation of that constitution, the will of the President had taken the place of law. and the result was @ piece of paralleled in the history of say land, The adeissien of Califorpis would be an a! tion trlumph—snother outwork of the ssfeguards the constitution carried, from which to make fur- attacks upon the South. He would prefer the Wilmot provieo direct, to this admission of Califor- pis He would prefer the bold assault of the high way robber to the cttack of the aseassin in the a This plan for the admission of California was an infamous scheme—he so denounced it, and resist it. He wanted no compromise. The lon iteelf was the only compromise for the South. They could not consent to compromise any part of that away to Northern On another occasion. reply to the speech of Mr, Cla: 0, Ai . 1848, "Tho tables have toon the Adjutant General's office, is as to 4 permit. ‘Reference to Lorne REGULAR ARMY 1. Btatemont A shows the strength of iencement of hostilities with ths re (7.244) ; ular of Mr, Calhoun, just as series to be identical. ff which 15.756 were of the old establi Both father and son jasued ‘ge amount of notes as ci when the banks epecie payments, and is, Laphing house located opposit apd js admirably convenient for artments, who are necessitated . Bas a euperd old residence at lenstve grounds, and overlooking the Potemac. Saas ceaslanignels Semaine ee eslveel estes this singular oon} of the Gout. He f nccleunets egg Ls ea agaTegate, menmnentame Lae. Resignations, 37. De- sertions, 2.247. 4, Additional Regiments.—Discharges by expiration of by order and civil authority, They rte the bank notes, you are asked, individual money’”’ while a very suspicious look 1s flung bauk bill which you have offered. Y' |, and wonder what may be the meaning of indi- some ‘bs money, in Washington, Lethom & Co.'s bank bil Sor your further satisfaction, Latham & Co. private bankers. and besides of private bank! own notes. which, as Mir. Latham is @ px Methodist church. Jarg' private baukers,on 8 small ecale. Shanks, Small, Mat- tingly, end Wharton, are of this class; and a hundred other names wight be added to the list. T: des, offices in this cit; ing the usual quantity they issue @ large amount of their they mean toredeem, exhorter im the \@ acts, 1 eflger, 8 me cere, 33 men—total deat! o 5. "Table B presents a detailed view of the nu from the ficet conflict of the r1~ Thornton, on the left bauk to the teraination of hoe aad tho regiments and ry the battle, and died of wou connol under of the Rie Grause, 8 ‘tilities im 1845, im wi corps | are THE YOLUNTERR SERVICE, hibits im detail, by States, re iments, ber of volunteers must bh mounted men, 1,149 fraud and trickery, un, @ offices, aud faro banks, just form material for sepa- fhoers. Frot this numbe Tate sketches on a fut: t toon after disouar; as supernumerary, In this claes ate embraced the three and gimente of twelve- months wen from y from lows, amounting Our Charleston Correspendence. Cxantesros, (8. C..) Feb. 15, 1850 Things in Charleston— The Races—Tie Crowds of Stran- gers— Military Bolis—Reilroad Matters, $c., $e. The past week hus beea one fraught with no ordi3 nary degree of interest and excitement to the citizens of Charleston, and especially the merchants and hotel keepers, who bave recently pocketed a large amount of fiosting capital, obtained from the travsient visiters , either for business or plea- @ few weeks in the gay esaions upon their | invattee lation a would make some pom his resolutions, war, wore discharged (exoopt ths com- being mustered {nto service. Dodnet- igategate mustered into services e aot of May 13, 148, the act of March 3, lat7, however, wiehed to appropriat jcate himeelf and his consistency. He did clearness, and muoh to the satisfaction man who heard him. His bister; eaning densed view of the various objects fenteer forces, found in seul in | 8nd travelling public, wi this with much of almost ture, have been epend! strength, when mostered us ‘be semi avnual races, which came off last woek, of strangers to the city, ether with & goodly breught immense crowds from all parts of the State, t Dumber from several of the weather was good, and the track fi came to see good sport. did not g beary betting, and» large amount of | bands. Captain Minor and l'ree Trade wore off the laurels of the Grat two days, otels in the city are crowded te overflowing; houses are full, and many, very private families. Charleston is makieg ample amends now, in the way of business, for what she lost last fall, from yellow itary balls are coming off, on the 2let avd 250 inet. given by the Washington Artiliery and the Weobivgtom Light Infantry, in houor of several yeluntesr companies, from the city of Savaan are tovited to visit our city on that occasion by the Washington Artillery will be beld at the Hiber- and the other at the Military Hail—both pecious buildings, aud splendidly decorated. block of buildings on 14 et. and was convicted of arson at the sittings of the last fall term, and appealed, was eenteaced by the Appel Court, on Monday last, to two years solitary confinement in the State prison $2000. Clarke, a young man fair with Suttiffe, was convicted of same court, to six mont reeelve forty lashes, . W. Conner. President of the Charles ton Bank, was elected President of the South Carolina Railroad, over Col. Gadsden, the present incumbent. ‘The contest was a spirited one, 1 Months’ Men, (but h m hazed, 9,62; loss, orth and the extreme opinions of the South were such as to perplex any man whose object was the restoration of barmony amd peace. He was sick aud tired of it. He was broken down in the North. on the round which he bad taken in the last gD. now he feit, that from the extreme po- ms assumed by the Seuth, he was driven to the in kattle aud died of wounas, when mustered inte 210; loss, bave had to seo Deaths, if wounds, 439; acciden' r the War.—Bixength id whem discharged, Jl, xpiration of the term, an the eloquence of the Senator from Alabama, but de sired to know whether he was to be conside or the lamb, of which the Senator bad spokea. He very good lamb, and did not wish to Mr. Clemene explained that the Senator of Kentucky was the lon. but that it wasa figure of speech, ed to show that the Senator from Kentucky at Senator frem Missouri had beem heretofore the anti- podes ofeach other. and that their present o0-opera- tion was ominous to the Scuth. Mr. Clay, with almost the same energy and apirit that characterized him a éo: Would not makea 1 ttle and died of wounds, lation of the carualties incident to the whole of volunteers, under various perivds of service, is ap .reee Lefore ithe expiration of the term, 9,169, of ty. ahivny, 6,216; killed in battle aad eal, who burned a who D years ago, resumed his himseif—of his overwhelming desire to tful difficulties, which now 1d of the people and th duty of Congress to nd he was particularly se Senator frem Alabama. for the dvelaration, that he would resist this admission of California, regardless of d to pay the sum of eud may be regarded as supplements! to state B ia to btatement A, with rospect to the regular force. Forces Ei old extabichonent Additional force. ‘The remarks of Mr. Clay were equally bold, patriotio, humorous. conciliatory and eloquent. i teed: trent of bis thoughts, the o nd extraordinary Regiments ‘end ‘corps. . when be rose to expound and defend his and just as attentive to every word that fell from his THE MICHOLSON LETTER MISUNDERSTOOD IN ALAR, ens made @ brief reply to Mr ©! Ip bis explanation to-day, General Cass to mean that the Wil- were killed or died ttle. difference in the same number to one of old regulara volunteers there were but 600 erpreted the Nicholson letter ry powor over slavery in the * LI tories; hut that the people of the territories, evem im their territorial capacity, had a sovereige juri ‘Mr. Clemens sald that old regulars were kept in the front ranke. appears that while the total of the killed tn battle, or js Feerived in battle, was only tion over the subj oey and other lea the Nieholeon letter— ‘was repposed to be that the peovie of the territories r slavery in organizing them- as the constraction whi that letter. during the campai, jo speeches in Alabama, and this was who died from wou Jucrative and responsible position. He wou his honors ell, and may he wear them long. ordinery’’ deaths. or the deaths from disease, expo- and the climate, amount to 10,986, and the acci- it at the battle of Molino del Rey, xico, the Ameriean forces of 3,000 Worth, lost 706 m d Our Ithaca Correspondence, Traaca, Feb. 23, 1850. The Grand Fancy Dress Ball at Ithaca. What's this that checks the onward had jurisdiction ov y tate. Thi of B v jor’s lose in hil h proves that the battle of M by all odds, the bloodiest of the war. GRabelals’ Suetones of Washington Banks—Private Bankers, $c. Wasirvatox, Fed 18, 1350. Here, as everywhere elge. men who are c any way or shape, with funds which they are disposed | to lend, are regarded with the most profound intorest | and respect, Presidemts and cashiers are men of ine fluence; and even the tellers aod standing banks, are not to be snessed at So far as the banks of Washington are concerned, thoy count ; they have very little to do ly speaking, the tt have very little dealing with what they do have isin a ver; b felting about. Th * the campaign of ‘45 he hed gi the same interpretation which the Senator himself had ven tt to-day; and that that interpretation had given im some trouble with kis party, MR. FOOTE’s oMNIUM GATHERDM. Mr. Foote spoke urging that the pre portte ot his opinio Did mask the man of quality? om's metamorphoess That day, whose lustre shal! grow brighter as time advances--the birth-day of Washiwgton—is the day we commemorate; not with the loud peal of cannon, as we mark the anniversary of South, and had in- grearrd the dangers of the Union tenfold. Tharlo nh Of the Senator from New Yer! Seward.) and such like mire plan of Mr, Clay courre of bis remarks, Mr. Foote commented up: lute conversation betwe. i the Senate chamber. as resulting in the motion toad- mit Califernia by herself, wherein are exchange | tual obligations of society, and are nurtured the sweet amenities of life. Karly in the sea- son, it was resolves that the birth-day « a grand fancy dresa ball, to be nton House; and, as to resolve is to do with our citizens, immediate steps were taken to com- plete the preliminaries, and soon the towa was rife with preparation. searched for “characters,” and by the day, all was im ost admirable preparation for the grand initial tancy dress. The spacious assembly room of the Clinton House was most superbly decorated for i Evergreens were traili every casement, and huog gracefully pendant from The walls were covered with both the graver and pencil contri- buted to the adornment. exhibition hall of paintings and engravy Atabout nine o'clock, on the evenii y began to sssemble ; the greatest novelty ever before wit- Now strode in r Mr Clay and Mr, Beu' are not of much wil t, oF, more proj rrimeot, 1a vindicating himself vity with the aboiitionlats, had been the best abused History and the nger. “ the gentleman mentcf that department, from clerk: #, charges, secretari tmem, copyiste, day laborers, and meesengera— the recret fund, a ers they had exhausted jang’ use, they had alwase been considerate Mr (lay took oseasion ators that he was not to be frightened He was on the brink of eternity — epent —and thas situated. he hed of King Hickory, apd bas riven to be ® hail w rater in per centages, in Wail street, in his ri lurmure among the Southern mew.) But, on this question, he ro Nerth—no South—he recogoised nothing but the General Cars raid, be could furnish the Senator from kK of abolition newapapars, if being the be-t abused perhaps, with one ex- | nessed in this fair village. in its ermined robe, and, close upon its heels, the mottled fool, with bis evp and beils. the courtier in his smiles, bowing gracefully at their loore change, If they choove to do no, There is rel sortof bank, called a « what depositer y savings are a #0 still another mei mystery. for mor tal " ful opera, and well becoming the fi Woe ‘appeared in a plain white ball dress. Some say ‘hat they are sick of white for | ball dresses, but I saw pre, Bond in that dress that would ever make me sick. Miss C—k, of Enfield, maintained her reputation for beauty and taste. The pure whute ahe Tppeared in is truly emblematic. The assembly was peer, ed in the presence of the acco lady of Counsellor . Mrs. B., the lady of the house, was also present, addin, to the party. La petite Miss 8 , of New Bedford, appeared in the niet of e ‘Gipeey girl; and @ rumor was BoPR the rounds, that she was “the belle of the Miss C. gave great re te all beholders, in her execution of the Highland Fling. ‘The Misses C's a costumes e them charmingly ; and Miss S.’s La Cracovienne was very prettily sustained. fi And amoi the sterner sex, conspicuous shone the stalworth form of Byron D-, in the venerable costume of that glorious old jot, General Put- nam. Byron wore the ed hat and leather breeches eoldierly. "Counsellor “Band F.G., as Samuel Slic ick and Solomon Swap, 8.» pinged the laurels from the lan brows of Yankee the Great Western. They costumed correctly, and twanged deliciously. “ Sucks” ry whittled "i pombe,” by that brace of . J. T., av the Great Mogul, was the grace and ornament of the ball, He ahs us a spirited re- beauues. Ww. J. presentation of Oriental majesty. Mr. S., the gentlemanly proprietor of the be in the character of Charles the Tenth, personifie in his handsome features moat ony the. royal nce. heed, a less troublous times, of La ‘uardsman. Capt. G , in a Greek character—erange and gold. Mr. P. appeared in the character of a most witless clown. Hes not a clown, certainly. Charley L., of the Clinton, appeared m the beautiful character of Selim. The handsome youth was on tiptoe from the first blast of the bugle, till—the ladies had all left. Col. B. was completely the creature of the fates. He set his heart on appearing in the character of a Yankee Tar; but the goddess of grace would not consent to the desecration, and, unknowing the change, he appeared pattest ck,” blot this Apollo. Now, if he “runs off the tra: out for ever. ‘ Mort,” of Ogdensport, assume with the perfection of grace, the character o! Fredenck . the Great, but, unfortunately, was minus the snufibox. The immortal cocked hat and perrected wig sat becomingly on his head. P.H.D., Esq., whether by intuition, or by a happy concatenation of adventitior or, a8 the result of profound m: La of character, personal id historical, I now not; but most certainly his assumption of the costume of the celebrated favorite, the Hail of Rochester, was a putting on of a garb and charac- ter that eat him most becomingly. H. W., Esq., a8 Metamora, was most grandly costumed ; end he bore the dignified and sober manner of the forest chief, with strict truth ; end a fawn of the forest, Nameoka, was sustained in full costume by the beauttul Miss S. Speaking of Indian chiefs, after supper, another “lord of the forest” appeared ia the room, Mr.G., from New York. He wore a splendid costume, but ruined the character by his levity. It was thought to be a new thing to him, and thathe really found himself tor ortce in “ high feather.” There was no checking him; thet Indian would laugh. J.M., as Richard the Third,was splendidly robed; he smiled, but was not seen to “inurder when he smiled.” W. J., Eeq., of New York,was “some” in the character of a Spanish bull-fighter. John L. L., a8 Figaro, the Barber of Sev: Charley L., Paul P " the umbrella. J. L. T., asa ish exile Esq., appeared in the costume American minister to a foreiga court; the suit attracted much attention. D. B. S., Esq. A eschewing all the tinsel and trappings of royalty, al! the feathers and belts of the Indian, or the graceful creations of fancy, assumed, with a bold- nese that does oredit to his valor, the character of the woif in a sheep’s clothing. i Our worthy host, W. ik made his bow to the company 4 the Character of Jack Falstaff, an it may be ‘well to remmrk, that the mantle Hackett could net fall on broader sheulders. Mre. P. and Mrs. F. were very unfortunately detained at home, so old Jack to content himself with “each Miss F., of Aurora, should have beea mentioned before. She is a most ‘rare and radiant maiden,” and appeared in the gorgeous character of Au- rora, and aptly emblematic in her transcendant beauty is she, of the dawn of day But this narrative must close, and a hundred name, sequally entitled to celebrity with the above, must go unhonored for the present. Many of the beauties from adjoining towns we could not recog- nise, and therefore, cannot mention. But the sup- per must have a place in our notice, as it had a conspicuous place in the proceedings of the even- ing. Messrs. Leonard & Burton made most libe- ral provisions for the occasion, and the immense dining hall of the Clinton House was entirely oc- cupied. “Every fowl of the air and fish of the sea” had its representative there. In short, “the old groan that we read of,” was heard distinctly proceeding from the tables as yy be up the eed of “dehcious delicacies.” At the were taken for ‘ spiritual knockings,” and some are inclined still to think that the spirits of de- parted feasts had ‘‘amelt a rat” returned to jom in the festivities of the board. The supper bi creditable to the accomplished caterers of the inton. So, after the wane of night, and the h of day, one by one the ghosts of departed beauties and heroes hied them to their sepulehres again. *Twas but a gathering ot the departed of former ages, who eppeared to us for a night, like the nost of Hamlet's iather, in the habilaments of ife. And, as day broke, the room where they had held their revel, was deserted and lone. Our St, Louls Correspondence, Sr. Louis, February 12, 1850. Mr. Clay's Resolutions— Mr. Benton's Prospects, §c. The telegraphic synopsis of Mr. Clay’s resolu- tions, tranamitted West, contained an important error, and one which surprised many of his friends in this quarter. In regard to the slave trade in the Dietriet of Columbia, the telegraph, or its bungling reporters, made him aga it was iaexpedient to suppress that traffic. ‘mle the general features of the resolutions gave satisfaction te most persons, this one was considered a blur on the whole.— The whig preeses, however, faithful to their old leader, sanctioned the batch of resolutions, and could see no faultin them. The arrival, by the every step, betrayia: in his ait his sycophancy. And then the roy: dame, in glittering robes, swept by, in lefty pride and stateliness; ame beauteous costumes, from old courts, and Spain's proud casth and from tne gorgeous solons of Paris an The latter class keep ope morning. end are better km The legitimate federal for people, unless t se they know mucl was compelled to of North had abandoned her ia dofoat- lal blils brought into the Senate; and rypation and bad falta, the iow of California as @ hem to be good. OF more about thelr own stock. jereand directors, than of outsiders and if there is dircounting to be done, ite to them. At least, the davks of the metropolis never discounted aay for us or body that we know. If they bad. the bank woul Femember the transaction. Fey ny that the ig t yer the Alhambras of the East, the Moslem reigns. ousnese in which pride and power habits it- he glittering scene, for poetry self did not usw re; and the sweet, had ite creations of Switzeriand’s peasant with the trappings of roy orthern Senators, agatast There were several el whe rote all the way private ing set Of men in Washington. They ate always to President Taylor om a tempor + oe , aed Dever distressed, which cannot be said of and ‘the only true ae faithfully personified. jut the character that most justly meves our souls to sympathy, and claims more largely of ow Here we are, on the very plains and mountains that were his home, Twas here, on Cay- | uga’s fair bosom, that he pled the feathery oar, *Tveas here, on these nd these hill sides, that he chased the stag and the roe, und freed the barbed arrow, strode m our midst Ary measure for the ter. titories, And what complatot covid the South make ate of California, when the private bankers ¢ most of the government basiness—why or wherefore | are two questions which cam only bi ratisfeotorily anewered eltber by the gover two Senators to , #od ® majority of the “Mesers. Butler, Hale, body being killed, perk or the bankers, | ome of his race. jeath on govern. ment loang, when they oan get them t taxe jen: Seward, bandied by Mr. Foote, for bis interference at the bark canoe. ression in the legisiatoin tor the territories and for his b allow a black man to beas man. and # biack roman as good asa Mr. Dickinson closed the scene, by a motion to ad- bavking houre in the ouilding State Bank. The senlot partner is as shrewd as old firm. Both etree very liberal opinions, weapon of yore. last night and appe: risen to reclaim his ancie: I must descend to particulars, and give a nee at the incidents of the evening. ‘nothing extenuate, nor set down onght in ma- | hee,” but shall make brief mention of the charac- tere represented. First im order, as they were descending, first in were the “ Three Graces,” in @ most nataral aad witeh- Bates, of the Barti * Mr. Clemene prevented Southern rentiments, California, and as po faith in Henry Clay or Thomas H, Benton, be dis- trusted the professions of Gen. Cars. Gen. Care a8 good an a the South was ex magnifiesn: mancion, which his worthy old father used to bammor his leavanr op, avd that when be the scele ot beauty, characters sustaine r. t and memory, wh ith advantage to te cause of gene ity, The renior banker is a native of the | District, and war brought up in Gerorgets be was unfortomate im trade. fisters, and twins im loveliness. Their dre were white eatin. . Mise C——e, as Joan of Arc, wore too sweet a snule to be the commandress of armies and the fightrees of battles—the arbitress et a nation’s Indeed, to command cannot be in her nature, unless to control by the infuence of bean- o aed for some time it take care of themectves. . ‘lay, im every succeeding collision with the Webster looks cm and onjoys it aman. tog) MH? rcote keeps @ bright look out om Male and and gives them « beck handed lick while amining the embodiment of the late whig ont of patience with the them © rap over the ‘utier debates the subject, a if in the back- ound; he considered jaestion of disolution foregone sonsiustens | © 7 seta he re ore eooler men who Boch ts 0 very briet review of the moa As far a4 it poea.it makes not the 8 ponceable settlement of the 3 a Grecian lady, wae a beawtiful priate represe: where peetry and the arte had their birth. H—n, as Nydia, the flower girl of Pom. was herselt as blooming and lovely to behold ¢ fragrant blossoms she so grace A M -r, aga Turkish lady, was beautifally d, and, from her joyousnese, did not seem to or know that the jealous eye of the bearded her. looming from hey y mouatains gorges of old liberty-ioving Switxerlaad; and fel- journeyers with her were the Misess bore in Crorgetown, Mise ©. M—r came fi own mountain ordinary channel, the newspapers, of the simon pure resolutions, however, eet the matter on its proper basis, and now the propositions of Mr. Clay are very @ aoully: suapeudee 00: by whigs and democrats alike. if I perceive a statement going the rounds, that Me. Benton and ry oy yo here, by a large meeting on e of January. e truth is, that ‘i meeting was composed of but very few persona pretending to be democrats—perhaps forty—and the great jon, almost a hundred, were whig spectators. t. Benton can never be sustained for the presidency by Missouri, or for any thing else again. Whatever those papers in his interest may say to the contrary, hie late viaut to this State hax not resulted advantageously to his poliuiecal proepects. As you have no doubt learned by telegraph, both of the Montesquoious have been indicted for the murder of Jones and Barnum. From ali [ can gather, I infer that there was some hard swearing before the Grand Jury. Sonve of the wit- nesees, | think it will turn out, have sworn to alleged tacts which the very circumstances of the case rendered it impossible that could know. The trial will probably be wntil the March term of the court. Messrs. Wright and Blennerhasset have been retained by the pro- j Aenean! ry Bates and Gayer for the de- fence—all al wyers. Gonzalve Montesquoioa continues ua roone [ae and a 03 pearance evidently indicate insanity. v* mond appears to caiey good Reales, bat = nance betrays anxiety and care. Strong efforts will be made to convict them; but there 18 0 well gece hope that ebeer justice will be done. I thik it will bo close owe os Ri is iltless of an: “~. 77 a Foy Gonsalves een committed the tend act, Was @ raving I . On Saturday sight, another awful murder was Shooting—. Bank— Our Legislature, §c. The weather, for the last week or ten days, has been delightful. These lovely dears, the ladies, have been out morning and evening, strolling ; 3 spring birds have been straina, Seong tesa emanate ak uds. That notorious ter, “4 habitant,” has no recollection of ever having nae Es rc about Christmas, to lay in Pie timeaabte ontties tal Seapets see there is but a poor prospect of getting their houses filled this winter, they have ‘commonbed complaining of the mildness of the weather, and i it would get cold. _ '-y Exq., (the wealthy proprietor of our lar, iron Ete og) appeared rate character of (4 cumstances, ation and com- In ssrolting throngs Senet b I see the are already engaged in Plosghing for cer, as the frostis all out of the ground. The head waters of the ake abound, at this season of the year, with wild towl, and hundreds of ducks and goose are killed duily by gunners, and sent o the Philadelphia and Baltimore markets, where they command fair prices. Geese bring MH 25 each, canvase-back ducks $1 a pair, red-h 1% and black-heads 624 cents. ‘Many persons Ww duck shooting for a living, and make enough during the du ag sonson fo. seaport them the ross ear. One — ki no less than twe im one oe last week, which, at the lowest market price, bring him $62 50. That's a pretty good day’s work—rather better than going to ress. For the last ten days the Methodists have beem holding a protracted in their church here, and ore makin quite a number bh ag al e people of our State are mania, and several of the counties have petitior the Legislature for bank charters. Among rest, some of the citizens of this county are work- ing for the establishment of one at Port Deposit, to be called the “Cecil County Bank.” You no doubt recollect the fate of the old “ Susquehanaak Bank,” at the same place; if you do_not, by look- ing in the * Detectors” you may see it, with “‘fail- ed” placed cpresite it. I don’t thiak it will obtava a charter. it does, I hope the people will net be fools enough to take its trashy paper. _ Our Legislature have as done little or ne- thing, and they have but till the 10th of March te sit. ‘The House of Delegates, after a debate of ton or eleven depp, bes paeoad the Conventional Re- a bill, which will also pass the Senate in a few lays. zit Amertoan Mali Steamers. ew York, Feb. 26, 1860. Jamas Gorpon Benaxtr, Esq. Having drawn up, h nse of much time and labor, the.accompa' re laa tor the organization of United States Mail Steamers,” I beg leave to submit the same tor pnblication, in the columns of your largely circulated and infle- ential journal; trusting, sincerely, that aleh: the offspring of an humble “junior,” it may found, on investigation, to contain the germ of an orgenization less defective and more fi ia good results, both to the country and to the navy proper, than the existing system of “contracts,” se sronay (but justly) in the late report avy. of the Secretary of ee Fi In connection with the submission of this plan, the only comment which I p: to offer that unless some helping hand be soon exten by the United States government to her citizens, in building up * pee et mariae, our packet ships and sailing vessels will be abandoned for gome speedier means of transport; and E: “that old unquestioned ptrate-of the sea,” will, neceesarily, monopelize and control, that whieh i and ever has been, the secret link dp cnn to our prosperity and greatness, viz: carry trade of the United States. PROSYECTUS OF A PLAN FOR THE ORGANIZATION OF UNITED STATES MAIL STRAMERS. Prop. 1. The United States government to butld, own and officer, a certain number of steamera | the first and second clasees, which are to be divide ed into lines on the various reutes, for the convey~ ance of the mails. Bg Lb These Lay rs fee ae by contri a ‘OUs rom Ww it 19 int ~ they shall ply, Uader the direction. of ' properly constituted superintendent, within twelve months from the date ot the contract, and capacitated im all reepects for vessels of war. : Prop. 3. The ni tunds for this purpose, te be obtamed by loans (from citizens of the United States only) under a ial act of Congress, au- thorizing the same, inde lent of the annual a; propriations for the naval service; and such vesse! as are now deemed uafit for sea, sold, and the pro- ceeds thereof applied to the payment of the first year’s interest on the loan. p.4. ‘The annual ations of mail money from the treasury, to applied to the sup- — avd maiatenance of the respective steamers n question: the officers and crew of each, to be provided with proper mess and sleeping quarters, and to receive the pay affixed by law only. Prop. 5. The interior of the vessels to be ar- ranged in a good and substantial manner tor the traneport ot passengers and freight ; and those per- tions (designed for such parposes,) in the reapeo- tive steamers of each line, to be chartered to Ame~ nean merchants or other citizens, paying the high- est price for the privilege, and giviag satisfactory for the fauhtul pertormance of their etipula- tions with the United States government. . 6. party or parties so chartering, to employ an agent for each vessel, whose duty it shall be to rintend the wants of passengers, ome discharge of cargo, custom-house juties, &e, Prop. 7. The moneys accruing from the charter of the vessels, (o be made a sii fag fund for the — of the original loans. 8. The discipline of the steamers to be the = same as that for the naval service, with other and further tor the prese good order as Congress, or the Navy Depai it, (ane der authority of Congress,) see fit from time to time to authorize Prop. 9. The veesels to carry the United States mails, which, in all cases, are to Le accompanied by a regularly constituted postal agent, whose duty itahali be to receive and deliver the mails eatruse ed to his care. Prop. 10. The daties and responsibilities of offi- cers, wore oe pe wee pm charter parties and crew to be specified clearly im the provisions of the set authorizing this organization, and each held stricdy accountable for every dereliction of duty. Prop. 11. The vessels to be commanded by Lieu- the navy, and to be officered by Passed pmen, who are to be the watch officers each veesel navies a el and armament pon to about one-thi: ether regular war complement. Prop. 12. The parties chartering the veseels, a6 aloresaid, to re; and fix the rates <= and passng to transae: all business v7 thereto through their agents, but never through the offers of governmnas. —s od vantages resulti rom an organization — to thi may be saumeresed in a few words :— 1. Within a limited period, the will have built up for :tself a pow steam navy— useful in times of peace, and ever t the thout dra (ote Petty saa te adn the country ion nd ai mesa naval boards, poteiing, poveramant, ie oie Se mek aol fimited capital now that extended partie frlage >? es tal bites eee iM : like these, " hie ave g Mes Lm oem States passages ~ tions it more rapid, aod the great resources of counuy, to 6, And lastly, One ‘and by no means theleas 4 aif they neta q tote great naval force remowe po. be j and ae i and new pan La be measure