The New York Herald Newspaper, August 23, 1850, Page 6

. mere Our Washington Correspondence, Wasuine eon, August 20, 1850. Pratt’s Amendment (o the Fugitive Slave Bill— Badger’s Great Spe h-—A Practwal Look at the Subject—The House and ts Actim—Corwin on Meredith's Bargain Mr. Pratt struck off nate, to-day, by ot! gitive Slave bill, oblgating the general govern- | to deep water in the Se- ment fo foot the bill of costs for every runaway | slave that may be kept from his or her owner by the free State into which said runaway slave may escape Mr. Pratt ably supported his amendmeat, in a speech abounding in important information relative to slave property wud e labor. Mr. Dayton eloquently opposed the amendment. Mr. Badger made a masterly and most convine- ing argument in ts support. It was one of the clearest, soundest, a>iest, and most logical argu- ments that has becu delivered in the Senate for many a day | Mr. Butler @pposed the amendment upon the | ground that the cons!ituuion enjoined it upon the States to surren’es fugitive slaves, who attempt | to take refuge within ‘heir limits, up to their owa- | ers. He did not how ‘hat the federal government | ought to make (i {o>! property good, but that each | State should be by © to surrender up the run- away slaves « em No action w the subject when the Se- | Men of the Nor ut to look at this subject in | a plain eon ‘ew. Suppose a Northern farmer shoul: crop destroyed or taken from him—run otl—to ‘he amount of six or eight, or ten or fifteen h dollars. Would he not | complain, « in complaining? Slavery is in the > netitution justifies and guaranties i is fashionable and custo- mary for if t there. Butevery now and then a Valuable sl capes, or is enticed away rom his ov | owner be censured for coms = fears and apprehensions that ther purpose at the North, not put down by the majority of the people there by any meen 't his and his neighbors’ slave projer'y Northern men of sense, far- mers, Mm others, reflect and ponder upon this The House w je bili i ed all day on the civil and ems to be a determina- and pass it to-morrow. are 2 nore favorable to the pas- sege through the “t bills from the Sena Some compluiwt 1s heard in the streets becanse Mr. Seeretary Corsiu has restored two locofoco “le Messrs u ham—whom Mr. Seeretary Meredith had recently removed trom the Thitd Auditor's offiee The facts wer iowe:—Mr. Gall Auditor, wanted us! clerical fo! ocd to be sanctio y Bayly, chairman of the mumittee, would report | force wanted, his Cunningham, fulfilled his gain was made, + Mr. Meredith, Houre Way in favor of the two friend», should not be part of the b i After this, M moving Mr 1 Now, Whut ¥ fom Corwia to dot He declared it wee rtowet in the case. Mr. Meresit! fier, and Mr. Gall er must go our ofoco clerks must be restored A} hod been made. Officers of the governr wes pot the a two loco The locotecs the whigs, wh. ‘ pledged its faith, and he sit. So he restored the vays alittle too smart for ts concerned. Wasurneton, Aug. 20, 1950. The Fugitive Sieve Question—Some Startling Facts in the Case The catching of runaway negroes continues to engage the de me of the Senate. The im- mediate question e, today, was an amend- ment moved hy Pratt, of Md., providing that where the author preseribed for the duty in the bill fail to restore wu fogitive slave, discovered apd duly id the said authorives by the owner or ageu e from labor, the owner of such slave inthe Stute of his residence, shall | the United States District oof that the slave was lost d to deliver him up, the own- er shall be com dito the value of the slave nthe Treasury of the United States r ely ty to argue the utter im- ctienbility f den, institute a su Attorney, anid ups by the failure afores mendment. In the first place it would ce oment, perhaps, a million a year for inter y for slaves lost in the Northera States, ap es of attempting their re- covery. Ne law would be a precedent, as Mr. Day rved, for making the fe- deral tr the faithful obser vance of the id the peo- a dollar's worth of d In the debste it, Me. Butler and Mr. Under- wood were both opposed to the principle as a pre- cedent, and we suppose that Mr. Pratt himself only intended it as a litle piece of Buncumbe for home consumption in ‘he State of Maryland. It would be quite a windfall to the slave-holders of Maryland to be paid out of the Treasury for their runaway slaves, recaptured but not restoged. Some idea of ple, inevery property was cc og an amendment tothe Fue | Bu of all the compromise r | facilities and encouragement to runaway cette 1 staves— | like! hood, ibe great question of the next Presiden- | oo nae Tad sata tee reee tee jeaewry and the bank question i me. of underground railroads and okertten- he Pacific Railroad question; he: : | ve The object of this bill before the Senate, isto artest these depredations, in provi more eflee- lve and etringent means for the recovery of fugi- live slaves in the free States, ‘ut we apprehend that whatever law be passed, it willbe, to a great extent, a dend letter. Itis well enough, however, to try the experiment. By | maiong it the interest of a class of Northern peo- ple to restore the fugitive, the chances of his reco- very may be improved. In other worda, if a class of Northern people are paid for it, they may be in- | duced to support the constitution in this particular, ifthe experiment fails, the agitation will go on. | The South may be exasperated to re) Northern sails upon roperty ; sectional animosities will be border feuds will follow; and the Union, already weakened most alarmingly, will cease to exi although nomi- nally the Union may maintain its existence for many is 8 tocome. But we have little hope of this bill in the House ; and very little that the work of this session will pacify the exacerbated feelings of the South. Even submission will not be conciliation. ‘Wasuineron, August 21, 1850. Senate and House in statu quo—Aaron H. Palmer's Book om Eastern Europe and Asia—Foote’s De- Sence of Palmer—Bock Adopted— Thaddeus Ste- vens on the Letter Writers—Toombs also—Female Clerks in Post-offices, at Chicago and, elsewhere— Nepotism, §c. But very little, save loud and furious talking, was done in either house of Congress to-day. In the Senate, the proposition to print 3,000 copies of Airon H. Palmer’s book, relative to the commerce, products and manufactures of the Eastern world, at a cost of two dollars per copy, was taken up, discussed, and ordered to be en- grossed. 3 Mr. Jefferson Davis and Mr. Rusk opposed the proposition, and indulged in some reflections upon the incessant manner in which Mr. Palmer had bored Congress and its members with his work, or scheme, for many years past Mr. Foote rushed to the rescue of Mr. Palmer— said he was a gentleman of learning, research and science, and of modest, unassuming manners--that alnable—that, it he had bored nd to the world, had been voted ores——that Aristides had been banished, Cicero also—th crates had been made to drink hem- jock, and that no brilliant genius ever had escaped ridicule and opprobrium. Mr. Palmer’s book, he contended, was deserving of the Senate’s con- sideration a thousand times more than many things which had proved suecessful in drawing money from the contingent fund of the body or the public treasury. After the disposal of this matter, the Senate re- sumed the consideration of the Fugitive Slave bill. The subject, in all its bearings, was ably discussed by Messrs Dayton, Pratt, Mason, and others. “In louse, the civil and diplomatic bill, in of the Whole, was again under con- In the course of the delivery of sundry inutes speeches, Mr. Stanton, of Tennessee, assatied the late administration of General Taylor, as having pursued an unwarrantable and over- bearing course tewards Portugal, relative to the claims ef American citizens against that weak government. Mr. Thaddeus Stevens replied, de- iended the administration of General Taylor, in reference to the case alluded to, and made an on- slaught vpon the editors and_ letter-writers in general, Which bespoke some ill-feeling entertained by that honorable gentleman aguinst the aforesaid editors and letter-writers. Perhaps they have too often goaded him for the jumping qualities he eX- hibited under the lead of Mr. President Penrose, in the memorable buck-shot war at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Messrs. Toombs, of Georgia, and Stevens, of Pennsy)vani their spec whanging writers! What would have been the amount of the not y which they both covet, if it had not b hey are now pleased to denounce? s rror has occurred in the statement which bas been published relative to the clerks in the Chicego postofiice. It was stated that Mr. Wilson, the Postmaster, with salary and perquisites amount- ing to $4,000, employed two of his brothers as clerks in his office; one at a salary of $1,800, and the other at « salary of 31,700 per aanum, in additioa to the stipend which went to a third brother as printer and advertiser of the letters remaining from time to time in the post office, and in addition to the employment of the two brothcrs, Starkweather, both demecrats, and one ot whom is the security of the Postmaster. | It now eppears that the Postmaster has not ¢: satty two brothers who have high sularies as cler! in the post «fice. He has one brother there at a tary of $1.00, and that brother's wite at a salary of $1,700 His triends contend that the Postinuste até nor is in this matter, is but following the ex ample of his democratic predecessor, apd of sundry other postmasters of large towns and cities in the | West, where females act as clerks for their hus- bands, brothers, cousins, fathers, &c, at lar salaries. These lady-clerks are so registered in the Blue Book, (the initia! of each christian name only being given,) that no one, not in the secret, could tell that they were not bona fide men, with coat, waistcoat, breeches, and it may be, spurs on. What ways there are in which to practice upon the numbers of slave» “run off to the North from | and carry opt nepotism! this State may be iwferred from the following fact: | oe caieaiad We have two newspapers before us, one printed | Wasiinatox, Aug. 20, 1850. in Georgia, the other in Masyiens, pe ee | Evening Memoranda of all Sort: peper there is an advertisement of the elopement ‘era roprin! gets of a healthy, able-bodied negro man, and the Rigneamnege ne seer ee otiered for his recovery is twenty-five dollars. So small are (he chances of escape of a runaway, with (wo or three slave States between him and liberty, that twenty-five dollars will probably insure his re- capture, n the Marylond newspaper, there is a reward for ® runaway #lave, wn able-bodied field hand, of two hundred ior, one-fifth his entire value. Why #0? because the chances of his escape over the borders of Pennsylvania, are three to one in favor of the negro, and once over the borders, his re- covery is about as ey as the recapture, oben, of an active lively fish let loose in the middle of the sea, according to the opinion of Mr. Mason. The amendment, therefore, of Mr. Pratt, of Md., providing to pay his constituents out of the Trea- sury for their ronwway slaves, in case a not restored by Northern «gents, is good for home consumpticn iw ‘y that a man who does not Took after his beusehold is worse than an infidel, Mr ir then, be justified in his a- mendment, though in t of fact, only a bit of Buncom'« bh coiled to some estimates s com Presa of the lovses « He takes the de- ae the basis of his es- two anda half percent per aunuw the natural and lawful merenge of the free blacks in the Middle States bordermg open the South, The census shows thet in the New England States their in- crease is only oor tenih of ene per cent, and that in the slave States, the best ad pted to the constitu- tion of the bleck. and where that race naturally increases more + ply Uren in any other part of the work, the i ae of the free colored people, ie only tWo per cent per auwon Assuming, how: ever, the Der! standerd of 2) per cent as the ural increase ef the fre: blacks ia the border free States, ell beyond thot inerease must be set dowa away levee andolph,”” npon this b . Proceeds to a rent wih he North for losses of . thera St.te. tor the last thirty years:— ‘ van be oe 14.033 68 2585 a Totel fugitive « in thirty years ‘ : Add the extiaated number of fagitl from 1840 to 1550. "pom the ratte shown be tween 1890 aud cece ee eNO Total fugitive re from 1810 to 1800, 9 period ot forty years... anes oe OL OM Number of fugitive slaves escaping to the Northern States anovely ern 2) ralned the namber of fagitive © ment thing te be m ® Pate esiee ; and, it thoutd be not tie piaetern on abot twenty the fugir om veluabl+ deaeription of o heed wl be fouad s very losses aggre aimed at ¢4)0each $27 130 $90 sree . $693 009 be lore. an at $480 each t of the elave property ‘ £ td . iy renod numbets, $700,000 t their mem hen «ad a halt be beta ia mind, that while all the bor. tiee tree States have pretty stringent laws againet | p< wacdscuem of free argtots, they give great | +r om tee, the sua is | in the House, and we expect it to be finally dis- posed of at least by Saturday evening, from the | progress made in it yesterday'and to-day. | The book appropriation has dwindled down to some $30,000, for the benefit of the new members. | At the next session, we hope to see this excrescence cut off entirely. | The public printing is in the greatest confusion, | and when Congress come to settle up with ther | contractors, Messrs. Ritehie & Co., for the Con- | Breas jobs, and with the Union, Globe, and Intelli- gencer for the debates, we shall probably have an | 2egregate of $150,000 deficiencies to pay. If time is allowed, an effort will be made to re- store the old party press jobbing system. This ought not to be done. Congress has work amount- ing to from 000 to $500,000 « year in printing. They = : tional neiting ofr, wih print under ike the clerks in the Departments. ottice hee attached to the department of the ie tenor might be made to save per apaum to the government, including the jobbing of all the depertments and of Congress. A movement has been made to adjourn by the middie of September, but we suspect the of bam will come round before the session is closed. ‘We still have rome hopes of the Branch Mint. Mr —— eek us that he 5 do his best to ert the the any possi! opening is Somes and ‘hee’ may te one, paabt, fois week. Navy is disposed great commercial imtereet of ocean ste mere, including the an line to the Coast of Africa ; but we must wait next December for any fipeepree ta Scere ie it is cert a t ay far ahead Fae |, who, living in interior of a among moun! ip till a few years ago, and was astonished to find that they were hollow inside like 2 Mr. Walker, from the Committee on Revolu- tionary Claims, of the Senate, has made a favorable Teport upon the case of Mr. Saloman, York, onginaily of Philadelphia, whose father eup- phed the Continental army with # large amount of bven'g to sid in the work of for Which there hus been no indemoity to this day, le the Galphios, and the Chickasaw, and Che re speculators have been drawing opon the trea- ot hundreds of theasands at achp It would be well enough, while thus squende: the funds, thet aciaim such as that ‘of Me thould be paid, so perfectly substantiated as it is, permitted Ez3 i Mr. Saloman, however, has been for years to wait; and now, we trost,a sense of justice will induce Coy to pay the borrowed money lke an honest debtor; of all eclaima, a cloim for cash advanced to help out the revolation, eppeers tous to be the very first demanding re- demption; and the case is not the less an obhgation pon the goverpmen’, on the ground that Mr. Salo- tn hes lost his inheritence of a fortune because js being leaned to the government. A nation t, in fuct, free while it isin debt for its inde. penden We heve always been suspic’ ‘our claim- ents upon the government, of their agents. We have wveiced them; but here is the case of a poor men, whieh the most comscientious stickler for josice foay wevoente, The report we think covelusive —the claim just, and that it ought to be ard . Of the business to he tarsed over to the next Stee e-euming thet the slavery bills will be persed, We eurpect there will The question of cheap postages; ‘The ete smsblp question; The tortfl question: The bord p from om, hich ia to bey in all | necessary municipal he Cuba questien, &e , &e So that, if we settle up) the’ slavery bill, nnd admit the restoration of the peace of the Union, there will be yet the most ubundant materials for yA and se: agitation. We shall neversul- 1 for want of matenals, Wasnixaton, August 18, 1850. Sabbath Day at the Camp Meetrng—Miscellane- ous Gathering—A Revival and Rivt—Preaching and Fighteng—Terrible Confusion—Some Ac- count of the Doings of the Day The brethren of the Methodist Episcopal church are holding a camp meeting in a beautiful forest, seven miles over in the ancient county of Fairfax, Virginia, in that picturesque region commonly known as “Cooney.” By proclamation and by advertisements, due netice having been given to the people of the three cities of Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, an immense draft was made upon the available horseflesh of those cffies and the neighborhood, for a visit to the en- campment to-day. The day was lowering, and threatened rain, or the turn-out would have beea infinitely greater. As it was, the road, for miles along the hills, early in the forenoon, presented 4 lively picture, with its line of horsemen, carriages, omnibuses, wagons, and all sorts of vehicles, stretching along the hills in a moveable column of dust, something like the track of a whirlwind over the sands of the deserts of the great Colorado—a picture, ot the retreat of our citizens with all despatch, from the presence of an invading army. e encampment on the suburbs resembled more the arrangemert for an agricultural fair, than the outworks of a religions garrison. Pens full of horses, and collections of every variety of travel ling conveyances, booths supplied with metlons, fruits, cakes, and other refreshments, groups of drivers aud attendants upon the carriages, clusters of water-carriers, groups of happy slaves, with their loquacious jargon detatchments of the fiir sex, parsing and repassing to the spring, and a miied inaittiegs or congressmen, brethren, country people, and city clerks,—men and women, of all classes, all colors, and all sizes, formed such a singular conglomeration as is only to be seen at a comp-meeting, or an agricultural State fair; only, we believe, the fair takes the precedence in point of method and harmony of amusements. The fact is, the brethren are t mposed for the breth~ upon by the * outside barba ; ch upon the good t ren are disposed to rely too behavior of their visiters, w regul tervitors, 10 entoree the pp Hence the disgraceful scer religious services at “ the camp,” ‘Lhe encampment, in the form of a hollow square on the side vf a hill, presented an area withia of about three hundied feet each way, the tents openizg upon all sides to the ea, and the preacher's stand, which fronted the area on the lowest side of the ground. The arrangement of the seats, therefore, rising with the hill, gave all the congregation, estimated at from four to six thouswnd, a fair view of the preacher, and the en- closure called the altar, at the foot of the preacher's stand. As we entered within the sacted area, the Rev. Mr. Peck, Pre t of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was enlarging to this vast assemblage upon the subline principles in the fol- lowing text, from the one hundred and forty-fifth Pealm 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and his greatness is unsearcha 4. One generation ball praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts 5, I will speak of the glorious power of thy Majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6 And men sball speak of the might of thy terrible acts; and I will declare thy greatness. 7. They sball abundantly utter the memory of thy great gccdness. and shall sing of thy righteousness. 8. The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and of great merey. 9 The Lord is good to all, and bis tender mercios are over ail his works, 10 And wll thy works shall praise thee, 0 Lord; and the saints shall bless the 11. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom ; and talk of thy power, 12. To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 13. itd Kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generatic: The sermon of Mr. Peck, learned, zealous, en- thusiastic asit was, could not failof being listened to with interest and pleasure. But we confess that cur attention was too frequentiy drawn from the discourse by the splendid array of the ladies. The jreacher wasa man of tine appearance, ea something of that intel it, expansive, wholesome countenance and head of Gen. Haral- son, of Georgia. Ilis voice and manner were those of the experienced speaker to the multitude ; but there were those dark eyes, and blue eye and hazel eyes, and soft eyes, ‘and bright eyes, jd Fuinfax county, and of the three cities of ton, Georgetown, and Alexandria, hun- dreds, if wot thousands, of them; and. it was im- possible, with such counter-actractions, to report orto rememberthe sermon. The morning ser- vices closed with singi id prayer, and then one of the ministers announced from the stand, that and municipal servation of order. marred the one hour (the hour rule of the House of Repre- sentatives,) would be allowed to the conen for the essential object of taking dinner. The order was promptly obeyed. In the rear of all the tents were the tables and cooking apparatus, the supplies of the commissary it of the encampment. Aj the tents were several ones, such a#s that of the Foundry McKendree Chapel, and the Rigland of Waehi . Atthese tentsthe way- may get a com- dinner for fifty man and stranger Yor pte ei cents. Your reporter two companions patronized the Ryland set-out. A number of bot- Ules were along the table, containing a liquid of the color of port wine, but which, we Tstood, was molasses and water, as best cal- culated to “ keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the A e are dispesed to find fault with the sisters of the Ryland tent, for neglecting the ever-welcome cup of cotlee after a fatiguing ride of seven miles in a cloud of dust. The Arab of the desert never forgets his of cofiee for the stranger within his tent. The fair sisters of the Ryland tent should remember that. After dinner, we passed down to a sort of union tent of the Rydon y Making the most of the only entire day of week at their command, they were net to wait ny the tardy order of the day, but up even the dinner interval with a revival of their own. As we their pavilion, which was crowded almost to , with a lai collection of them in found them ess. as blacks can only “ Come, ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known; Join in a song With sweet accord, je ye surround the throne.” able-bodied fellow, (worth, at least, with a face full of Rot ae Pu Oe cuming and be table bretces eu front, we wing :— glo to the sable and sisters around him, as he made the words rin| with his tremendous voice. And bey imegination, were the re, Sou wreeth nd swaying to and fro, shot og oft phaneel tic Fairtax merits of the work :— “Ob, Lord Jesus, Master, here we is! Here Oh, we ia, blessing, pra for the gy pt ; ji j g 75 i iy a Hi it fl - ir 3 E3F 5 + hie eyes diluted end red = teretys but his he vite the werse uaa je been “knocked down pay E out,” but sll reeay for another trink In trpeeeing toward the ere. wy the tite at the | LU ley, raters feot of the bill tend, by a dense imaee of coveral the preacher heotred men, Alesandrians, Wrehiogte cn Pairfox men, anid Cote dita and conspicnox, wmong them Were rome of the cormage and ome bus drivers. A crowd cane pre np the oppo- nie direction. Between two fires there was ne retest so available as the tops of the carriages and omnibuses batted up inte, thicket wlongside the oad. ‘To the top of one of these last, your repor- ter, With his friends, retreated. ‘The erowd in the nerrow little valley rapidly augmented, and was clamorous amid contusion inerdent to the pre- poration for a general row. Presently a powerful man in the compact throng, pulled of his cout, and commenced lay about him right and left, mov- ing. the whole multitude betore him, till untuckily a blow from some invisible adversary brought him down, When instantly a bulf dozen men pounced upon him,and all were enveloped in a clord of dust, rendering them for some moments invisible. At length the large mm emerged from the ob- seurity, torn and mangled, dusty and bloody, and almost shirtless, from the terrible encounter with his numerous enemies. The scene, the noise, the oaths of defiance, and imprecations of the combat- wnts, their wild vengeance and hostility, the rush, the pressure, the confused mingling of blows, the tiger-like ferocity with which the fallen man seem- ed to be devoured, the roar, und rush, and dust of the melée, afiorded # fair specimen of a devil’s re- vival in the valley, while the brethren were in communion on the hill. But for a ume the fari- ous uproar of the scene in the hollow, drew off most of the audience of the preacher, and suspend- ed the thread of his argument. The erowd in the hollow gradually dispersed with the disappearance of the mangled’ man, and comparative order suc- ceeded. The minister resumed his sermon, and wished it to be distinctly understood tsat the Methodist people were not responsible for the riotous proceed- ings on the ground: They were the work of the devil’s own subjects ; and it was the objeet of the Methodist brethren to pray and preach the devil out of their hearts, and to make them good Chris tians, instead of the subjects of thedevil. We give the church the full benetit of his disclaimer ; but, indeed, they should do something to enforce the preservation of order on the Sabbath day, at least, or abandon entirely their missionary system of camp meetings. We had seen enough, and too much. Eventoa quiet map, not much given to causeless alarm, a sense of personal security suggested a return to town, not aware what mischief the doctrine of re- taliation might possibly work up in anetber hour. We returned: amply satished that the Sabbath had been desecrated at this camp meeting, in a manner only to be surpassed by u Philedelphia firemen’s fight, and with a deep regret that the brethren should have failed to have at command the means of redressing this outrage upon order, upon the Sabbath, upon the peaceably disposed, and upoa the church itself. There ‘cannot be any very great distinction between the results of a camp meeting and @ horse race, if such scenes are to be permitted with impunity, with all the adjuncts of a rowdy carnival. Puiavecenta, August 21, 1850. The Late Elopement—Further Particwars—Death of Hon. Jesse Miller—Arrest of Supposed Mur- derers, §¢. I briefly alluded, in a former letter, to an elope- ment which had recently taken place from this city, between a young married man and his sister- in-law, a really eplendid looking girl, of only nine- teen yeare of age. I have since been put ia posses- sion of the full particulars of this interesting, but outrageously scandalous ease. The young man, whom I shall call Smith, by the way of designa- tion, kept a jewelry store in Second street, and, up to the time of the elopement, occupied a highly re- spectable position in society. He is about twenty- eight years old, rather good looking, was married about seven years ago to @ most amiable young lady, the fruits of which marriage are three inte- resting children, a lovely girl of five years being the eldest. He has no less than ‘six sisters- in-law, all remarkable for their good looks, but all inferior in beauty to the one who has taken this fatal step. She, it appears, was engeged to be married toa young gentlemaa, who started last fail to realize a fortune in the gold pla- cers of Californi: nd who, on leaving, bestowed on bis betrothed, a maguincent gold watch, and other costly tokens of his affection, asa gage d’a- mour. Well, the false one soon forgot her first love, and it was with scarcely any difficulty she was persuadeéd to listen to the incestuous surt of her brother-inJaw. Their plans for an elopement were conducted with such an impudent deliberation, that it is 4 matier of astonishment that the eyes of the confiding and betrayed wife were not ned bef ore it Wes 100 late. Trunks were ordered, tre- velling dreeses made, aid us ihe young gentleman owed some heavy balances, the most vatuable por- tion of his Mock was packed up carefully with his clothes, To give a darker hue to the whole trans- action, it ma. added thatone of the younger tisters, who 1s engaged to be married, was a party to the whole eflair, and that che and her intended actually accompanied the guilty pair’to the New York boat when they took their departure ; re- ceiving tor her countenance and sympathy all the preseuis made by the Celiforma geotly man siroady mentioned. On the day of the elopement, Smit showed some compunctions of conscience, for he bought a canary bird and cage, which he gave to his eldest daughter, saying, at the same time, ‘here ie something, my dear, to remember your father by.” Even this observation did not awaken the a test suspicion on the part of the wife. The wretched pair are supposed to be lurking some- where in the New land States. Telegraphic despatches have been forwarded for his arrest, by the ielegr b, no doubt, has te no doubt, apprised you of the death of te Hien, Jesse Muller, eas who hes figured largely in the politics of this State bg eng helape 5 the — ———- rom force reat natural abili lone, he raised himself front a vel id very obscure county, until he became Secre! State, under Governor Shunk. While he this office, which was = te the time of Shank’s death, he was, in reality, Governor of the Commonwealth. Poor Shunk was, it a tho- emocrat; but, like many of our was not ¢: ited for the office ‘which he filled. A more amiable man never lived. I re- member calling others, to solicit kill county, who jovernor’s notions of fair dealing I have preeey ee Schuylkill, Philadelphia, Chester, and other coun- ties, while from the western and northern parts of the Stare, | bave not received a pk be Han for a pardon Must #art This is not ihe att owr turn a pardons granted ev: ear, more, they shoeid be awarded to the oe J Briggs, Mr. Calvin, of Pa., Mr. Crowell, of Ohio, and that eccentric genius, Sam Houston, in a back- woods suit of summer linen, with a beaver h with a rim almost of the dimensions of one of those circular bai tubs. He listened attentively to the sermon, appeared to be much edified, and pag TO. kA yeomanry of Fairfax, jt a ean eet meses | | THE GOVERNMENT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A. D., 1850, Wirtiam B. Kina, of Alvbams The Cabinet, # Damrer Weesren, of Muss. 5 Thomas Con of Ohio. . Trea'y. Wiisam A. Ghanam, of N.C. ‘See. of the Navy. Crances M Conan, of La. Bee. of War, Tuos M.T. MoKennan, of + Bee of Interior, Natnan K, Harr, of NY . P.M. General, Joun J. Cxirrenven, of Ky. Att, General. The Judictary, SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. Roorx B. Taney, of Maryland:.., . .Chief Justice, Jou MuLran, of Ohio. . .« Janes M. Warne, of Georgia. Jon Catron, of Tennessee : * Joux McKixuny, ot Kentucky, “ Poren V. Danii, of Virginia. . 2... “ Samu. Nunson, of New York... “ Levi Wooonuny, of N. Hampshire « Romext C, Guin, ot Penn, “« TALRTY-FIRST CONGRESS, Term commenced March 4 1849, and wil! end March 4,1851, Senate. Number of States represented. Whigs in Matics; Ne in tals; Democrats in Those marked F’. 8. are Free Svilers | Term Expy Micnican, Wm, K. Sebastian Solon Borland. . Connecticut. Roger S. Baldwin. Truman Smith David R Atobdison. ..1895 New Haoresnine John P Hate, (8.8 Moses Norris, Jr New Your. Daniel 8. Dickinson,. .1851 Wiliam H, Seward. ,.1855 New Jensnv Wm. L. Dayton Jacob W Miller Nowri Oarouina. Willie P. Mangum, .. «1853 | George E. Badger. . 1855 Promipa David L. Yulee. pw. Jackson Mor . mt 3 1A. John M. Berrien. . Wm. C. Dowson Ixpiana Ono. Jesse D. Bright. Thomas Ewin ++. 1851 Jas Whitcomb. Salmon P. (FS) 1859 Tiisnois, Penney Lvanta. Stephen A. Dougias. .1863 James Shields... , .1865 Daniel Sturgeon. James Cooper. « Ruoor Isva' Albert C. Greene John H. Clarke Bourn Can Robert W. Barnwell A. P. Butler. . .. Tennessee. H Hopkins L., Turney.. .1851 John Bell. ses oe 51853 Texas. Thomas J. Rusk. Sam Houston. Venmont. We seecees D065 Louisiana Sclomon U. Downs. .1853 Pierre Soulé.... + ..1865 Maine. Hannibal Hamlin. . .1851 James W Bradbury. .1863 Mastacnuserts. Rokert C. Wonthrep. . 1851 is . 1863, John Davi Vinita. James M Mason. Robert M.T. Hunt Lease P. | Vacancies. . | although they have not yet been organized. rr Henry 8. Foo! ‘THE SENATE Democrats. Whigs. . Free Soilers IN FIGURES. Total number of member: Democratic majority... Two Senators from California, Wm. M. Gwin and John C. Fremont, are in Washington, await- ing the admission of that State. The bill for its admission has already passed the Senate. House of Representatives, »Howext Co: «Wa. L. Youre, Dist. — Awxansas, NEW YORK. 1—Robert W. Johnson. 1—Jehn A. King, ‘ALAnaMA. 2—David A. Bokee, 1—William J. tiston, 3—J. Phillips Poanix, lier Underhilt, wee Briggs, 6—James Brooks, 7— William Nelson, 8-R Halloway, 9— Thomas Mc Kissock, 10—Herman D Gould, 2—Henry W Hitliard, 3—Samuel W. Harris, 4—William M. Inge, 7—Francis W. Bowden. CONNRETICUT. 1—Lorenzo P. Waldo, 1L—C. R. Syloester, 2—Walter Booth, (¥'8) 12~ Gideen O. Reynolds, 3—Chaun’y F. Cleveland, 13—John L. Sch. . 4—Thomas B. Butler, | 14—George R Andrews, CALIFORNIA, 15—J. R. Thurman. -- 16-—Hugh White, DELAWARE. 17--H. P. Alexander, 1—John W. Houston, —-18--Freston King, (P. 8.) FLoniDa. 10—Charies E. Clarke, 1—Edwerd C. Cabell. 20-0 B. Mattison, GKORGIA 21—Hirana Walden, l—Jouzbh W Jackson, 42—/ienry Burnett, 2—M. J" Welborn, 28-—-Willam Duer, INpt 6—Amos BE Wood. 1—Nathaniel Albertson, 7—Jonathan D. Morris, 2—Oyrus L. Dunham, L. 7 3—Jobo L Robiaron, dson B . 4~Geo. W Julien, ( 10—Charles Sweetzer, 5—W. J. Brown, 1l—John K. Miller, 6—Willis A. Gorman, jo ve 3 Samuel FP Vinten, 7 Edward MeGavghey, 8 Joseph B McDonald, o-G. A Fitch, 10—Andrew J. Harian, NATL ANIA, 1—Lewis ©. Levin, 2—Joseph R. Chandler, Green, 4 Willard P. Hall, 5—John &. Pheips. wiscowary les Denes, (? 8) 2 Oremus Cote, 3—James D Dory Vacancies. ‘Total, exclusive of Delegates. Should the vacancies be filled as before, dividing the free soilers into democrats and whiga, as they are on all other questions but that of the territories, the House will be as follows :-— Democrats Whigs. . 2Si on Democratic majority... ....s.ceseeeceenee & ‘Two members from California, Edward. Gilbert and Geo, W. Wright, are now in Washington, awaiting for the admission of that State imto the | Unien. ‘The General Result in Figures. Old Parties. Free Suit, Vacancies. 2 6 > - = - + ate, Ae: Soe oe @ vadous Lecoms vor Laon, 1 mete ce bic Ni 8 - “ ial wi | lle ae aru Sager, orem i arog iil esl pom (Wei pos cae ar 2 & - ss: — = task 1 - Benepe yoy eke ce ee ar eae er GY suaticos Qre Tpaewey 2 1 Gy titazy, bey New Jersey. ant ch Wonca New Hampshire. 1 2 Re ee ce Loe North Garolina.. 6 8 — -- Obio....... 6 Nn 6 - al — Kentucky. Ce eee ae en Penneyly be paatgn 1 ) Bible Sgr Rhode Isla 2 — - - South Carolina... — To ~ = == Tennessee. 4 5 - _ uae ee ; Pay Benes Total. . Fen Sa Democratic majority in the 31st Congress. Whig majority in the 30th Congress. Democratic gain. .... Aspect of Congre: | Whig. Dem, | Exelusive of free soilers 102 UL Free soilers <e 9 8 Webs 2st Oe Te cc pores aa Actual democratic majority. . . 3 FREE AND SLAVE STATE f Whig. Dem. Pree Soil. Free States. .... 51 4 Blave States..... 61 _ BO, oni «ss ++ 0m. 12 4 THE NEW TERRITORIES. We give the names of the new territories, Cali- fornia wiil, in all probability, be admitted into the Union as a State, with two Senators and one or two Representatives to Congress. Utah and New Mexico, and probably Nebraska, will be granted territorial governments, and delegates admitted from each, before Congress adjourns—perhaps. “MEDICAL. a MARRIAGE: WHY SO OFTEN UNHAPPY. THE CAUSES AND THE REMEDY. M24%, AND MANY A WIFE ENDURES YEARS bodily si ial bitterin, ture welfare of her children, 5 from eauses known, would have spared the suffering, the anguish fe, aud to the husband embarrassments aud pecuni~ ities having their origin in the mind being weighed Ly im consequence of the sickness of the n of Flow important that the eaasvs should be known to every wife, toevery husba: t the di and harrow: jou of & ors, hae howe tie eeaned saving of thousn TWwOH oo the first edition was issued. ed to advertise ft by the ergens who have been indebted to ive author las be — have been sold and pressing reques tio 1 Winey held doar (that alway hare encominm, acme of whlob are sumered f to the advertisement. HE MARRIED WOMAN'S PRIVATE MEDIGALOOMPANIO . BY. DK. A. M. MAURICEAU, PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF WOMRH, ‘Troentieth Edition. 18mo., pp 2. Price, $1,010. THIS WORK IS INTENDED ESPECIALLY FOX THe MARRIED, or thove contemplating marrings, as it, disclores important ‘secrete whieh should be known to them par~ th make—the wife, the tmotherm—the une eitnes manhood. of the one in the decline of veers, change—oan proms, and the mos! treme. and most certals mode of cure, in every complaint to be ny + pe ha revelations con! in ve proved rreaclved, Bechet Pets is ponte te ~ ry w ia} «ite \¢ is permit! writers to pu! SICKLY AND UNHAPPY WIVES. Extract of a Letter from @ Gentleman in Dayton, O. wt My wife bas been Py! ‘mere, in eosesive one more aad mere putting her life in t danger, and =, of things was inde eget - ‘ook highly « of, as contain: once ts the “Ar this time (mew above, tro mestha) f La ea cee ae THe estan provide Shomedy iat ee ees = face Dep, ontaines im ‘ grave, and vy OOF POSTAGK. TO THE PUREE eae SPCR Biot cola A Soe OVER 2,000 COs kaye BEEN SENT = ee a ee ~ ae gee