The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1851, Page 6

APPAIRS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Our Washington Correspondence. ‘Wasmineron, Feb. 11, 1851. The Public Lands for the Insane—The Branch | Mint and the Pewnsyivantans—French Spolta- tions, ec. Ob, yes; the Senate were expected to pass Miss Dix’s bill, of ten millions of acres of public lands And ten millions of acres divided ameng thirty-one States, will be a paltry fund for all their lunatics, considering the vast increase of that unfortunate class of persons within the last two years. Mise Dix is benemertto de lu patria; she deserves well of her country. Day after day, there she is, in the library of Congress, working at a correspondence with the various lunatic asylums of the United | States, with a pile of documents and letters before her equal to that of the Chairman ofthe Committee on Private Claims. . The principle of the bill, we may trust with a good di Lge confidence, epens the way to the reeuscitaticn from the dead of the old og: of dividing ali the proceeds of the pub- Jands among all the States, big and litt young and old. This, then, will be the revival ef ‘one obsolete idea; and who knows but the wants of the Treasury may again drive the whig party to pivanixng the embalmed mum: nk, sti skeleton of PHaraoh’s daughter. In that event, the whig programme for 1852 will probably be:— 1, The re-apnexation of Venada. 2. The distribution of the proceeds of the public lands among all the States 3. A National Bank, Xe. Z The Houre have yet to decide upon Miss Dix’s bill, however, and they may commit the same sur- RD, upon it as they have done upon the Branch imt and the Board of Accounts, which will be cutting vp as terribly as the original omaibus bill on the nigger question. By the wi Pennsylvanians are justly skittish about 1t. defeat of the branch may lead to the speed; moval of the Mother Mint from Philadelphi Gothem, body and breech The re- s, which would leave your brethe:ly neighbors in the unmitgated ob- | scurity of a country town- fresh water sea port of the interior, doivg a flourishing business in the coal trede, via the Schuylkilleanal. The Keystone delegates must make up their minds to one of two things—either to concede a branch mint to New York, or suffer the loss of the mint itself in its removal to the centre of business. And furthermore, they can hardly expect much support from the New Yorkers, woolley heads, or | silver greys, upon coal or iron, after the dog-in- the manger liberality towards the empire city. ‘We sliould not wonder at ali if the sourcrouters had dished the tariff for this session, the very day y were rejoicing so fovlishly over the defeat of the New York branch mint The things eure to re- coil upon them with a rebound which will givethem the heed ache. But it was surprising to see other members, when the trial came. deserting our ex- ions and their promises, and following Chan- dier, ava flock of neon rattle over a fence after the bell-wether. It was not exactly the thing. A dodger is bad eneugh; but the artful dodger is insufferable. Corn dodger, of course, 1s another question; and the Southers eaters of cora dodger did well; it was the rye dodger chaps of the Key- | stone provinces; and the artful dodgers of the tar and turpentine country, that did the business. French spoliations seem to be on a decline, The treasury is lean, and five millioas is something of a haul. If some arrangement could be made for a = stock operation be‘ween the tanff, rivers and rbors, and French spoliations, they might all go through; but a team of horses, oxen, and jickasses would be about as harmonious end well matched On all these questions the South are creditably exempt from beggarly importuuities; although the South West are woodertul believers in the power of the federal government to remove sn: and sand bers. That, perhaps, as the old lady said when her house was washed away, that may be owing to their location so close to the river. B , of the Express, gives a crand fancy ball to- night. Very cleverthing, we understand for J. B. Wasuix@ros, Feb. 11, 1851. The Lobby Members at Washington—President Maki & The legislation of the country is made second in importance to President making, and even legisla- tion would stand still, were it not for the army of sappers and miners, who compose what are called dobby members, a class of shrewd men, made up of Utah Judges, Private Secretaries of deceased Pre- sidente, ex officials, retired upon dismissals from office, &e., cc. They are great men, and have huge pockets, and treat all round, and play cards and win money, and lore it, as eccasion requires; and meke money end spend it, aod are always on hand, when they can get # hend into Uncle Sam’ pockets. John Young hes not yet arrived, but h+ | may safely be expected the latter end of the week As to President making, there is no end to the matter. Cass still holds bis own amazingly, not- withsterding his emphatic letter to Stevenson, aad the evident signs of distaste with which a large portion of the democratic party at the Nerth look upon his great rotundity Buc that still holds dodging and labor to Mahion Dickersoa, ng care of Cara's ine overnor Marcy, brewd of New Jersey, is here, terests, and. besides him, Buchanan, R. J. Walker. andsu men, all arrar ging for ‘he carny Seort looms np. end looks formid amie og the whigs at the Whire House. The cabinet are egeinst him, but that will do him good. and between him aad Case, it is not difficul: to cypher up Seott’s ma- jority. Stull, the game is bai just bern, and all are working at croes parporee. iin dR.JS Walker are working for ‘hemselves vuap mously, and egainet Buchanan, whi'e Dicker on ie vorking for Cass. And Buchsnan hae nob pers, bat Plt, of Penneylvania, and King, of S!0 ine The Supreme Court was corded yesterday with the beauty of the world in Washington, to hear Geo. Wood and Daniel Webster. | observed Mrs. Gen. Gaines in the crowd, who is probably as gocd a lawyer as either ct the able counsel above named. She was sre xt lO & most beeutiful and be witch nd not far off was Mre. C Edwarde | of your city, much admired here, as well es her loving lord, Gen. Houston, it ie ead, will resign his seat in the Unired States Senate, at the close of the present Congress The Branch Mint for *~ York will come up and pass in another form befcre the close of the session. The Chairmen of the Naval Committee seems largely interested in moi! steamers and floating dry docks. He cvrrivs fall sot! aad heavy guns. He isa great mon, on oeval end cove: affairs. Wasninoroy, Feb 11, 1951 Mr. Webster mm the Supreme Court The Supreme Court has be rowded, both yea- terday and to day, in consequence of the fact that Mr. Webster was engeged in the argument of a case. Notwithstanding that the argument was of the dryest species of lega! points and subtle techni- calities, the room continued filled to repletion, by an audience for the most port composed of ladies, who seemed to gaze at the world-renowned orator ae ata being of another sphere. The style of the cause was—" Jeremiah \ an | nase ‘lant, vs. Philip Kearney and Frederick De Peyster, trus tees and executors of John Watta, deceased It involved no question of ie importance, be ing merely a suit for the recovery of certain lands seized in fee, to the appeliant, aod known as the Claverack lends, in the State of New York Mr. Webster's arguimen' is considered to have been a masterpiece—one of those profoundly lowi- eal discussions which heave made bis name re- owned as a lawyer. (a the other side, Mr Wood, of New York, also made a most powertul argument. It is usual for members of the cabinet to finish the case y miv have been engaged in ‘0 their appointment #s cabinet officers Mr. Webster has now ap- ond | believe he ise red on the docket in three other cases, which, however, wil! not bably be reached thie term of the conrt [t ia lieved the court will adjourn about the 20th of Among those present to-day waa Senator Hale, doing the amiable to Miss |venport, the actress The hon. Senator appeared to be quite at home ia his vocation Wasuieron, Feb, 12, 1951 Dhe Creasion of a Lievtenont General—~ Gen Scott ~ and the Senate ‘The resolution of Mr bestow upon Geo. Seoit the brevet rank of mant General, for distioguivhed military services, ‘wae rather unexpectedly called up by Mr. Shivids The Pres Cleme this morning, and quite ae worxpeetedly there fH! fowed a very lively and int ting debate upon it Mr. Shields (they are all Mistere ia the Sen ite) ‘wana genere) himself, vader the chief comment of Gen Scott, of the southern column of our ar mut in Mexico. At Cerro Gordo he received an acopeta ball, which passed ‘through the middle 0 | ing out atthe back, from which he miraculously \ recovered in time to take of the National | and crisp though it be, as Gliddon’s | , speaking of the Branch Mint, the | to schedules; and if he runs independently, he is his body, entering below the breast bone and pass- active part in the splendid operations before the city of Mexico. Mr. Clemens, as a colone), was attached to the same army, as he was previously attached to the column of Gen. Taylor. Mr. Shields and Mr. Clemens are both democrats of the ultra school, on general politics ; but their participation in, and their expe- | rience and observation of the glory of Gen. Scott, in his conduct of the southern column, from the isle of Loboe to the grand plaza ot the city of Mexico, override with them ail political dil ences. They regard Gen. Scott as the very empe- ror of military chieftains, and as fellow soldiers in his glorious achievements, they are disposed to remember him and reward him. Hence, while we have Mr. Clemens as the originator of the re- tolution, we have Mr. Shields to call it up to the angotion of the Senate, to the precedence of all other 88. Mr. Atchison, as atest question, moved to lay the resolution on the tatle, which was lost, 23 to 28. And here we find Gen. Cass and Gen. Hous- ton voting in favor of the motion. But whether | this vote was the result of military jealousy, or of considerations of legislative caution, it is not for us tosay. Men are at liberty to suspect, however, that with the prospect before us, of having Gen. Booka a ounalaese for the Eresideney, there are entlemen who may suppose that it is inexpedient, & any vote of the Sentte, to give Scott any addi- tional lift ** to that high office,” because hi i tary glory will be hard enough to cope with just as itetands. Thatis a plausible inference; but we do not prese it. We admit that the ground of sition to the resolution by Gen. Cass and Gen. Houston, is, that it may look as an unnecessary laudation of Gen. Scott, at the expense ‘of other meritorious officers of the army. n. Houston, however, explains for himsetf, as will be seen from our brief but consecutive review of the debate. Mr. Rhett and Mr. Butler were in favor of the resolution. (Good for South Carolina. The Pal- metto regiment fought under Gen. Scott. More- over, it may be desirous on the part of South Cara- lina to bree Gen. Scott out upon the Presidential track, in order to scatter to the winds the existing fra, of the old party platforms; for it 18 not to umed that Gen. Scott can possibly run u either the old whig or the old democratic | pretty sure to run the election into the House, where the South will have pretty nearly an equal chance with the North. Mr. Clay parsed a brilliant eulogium upon the military career of Gen. Scott, delightful to listen to. He thought that the experiment of Col. Pol to appoint Col. Benton Lieut. General of the armies ot Mexico, was a poor thing; but that the appoiat- ment, if conferred on Gen. Scott, would be an | admirable thing, in which we entirely concur. It would be an atnirsble thing. The remarks of Mr. Clay satisfy us, however, that he has the notions of other men. His hit at Colonei Benton was “a Ipable hit”’—but it must be remembered there as been no love lost between them siace the over- throw of the Compromise bill| We admit the validity of the eulogium on General Scott; and the entbusiasm of Mr. Clay is entirely consistent with bis declarations on this subject while Gen. Tayior was yet alive. Letno man, however, presume to suspect that the nomination of the Philadelpnia | Convention has , or could have, the slightest | bearing upon Mr. Clay’s opinions of the r tive military services of Gen. Scott and Gen. Taylor. But there is another view of the case which is something of a puzzle. Ifthe mantle of the S: of Ashland, of his good will and stock in trade for the Presidency is to be assigned to General Scott, upon what terms is it to be made? That is eeme- thing of a le; and upon what understanding are Mr. Fillmore Mr. Webster to acquiesce in this arrangemeat! At all events, the speech of | Mr. Clay looks like a speech in favor of General | Scott for the Presidency. ‘he opposition of Mr Hale, a free soiler, and the advocacy of Gov. Seward, another free soiler, foreshadows a split in the nullification ranks, if Gen. Scott is put op forthe grand steeple chase. Seward, of course, is bound to hang on to a strong man’s coat tail; but Hale is somewhat conscien- tious in the matter of principle, and will require a direct free soil null fication pledge of his candi- date, which Seward will not require, availabilty | being his creed, and the means that will secure the end, his set of principles. Scottis the man for | Seward—Scott has a glorious military popularity, | and that is enough for hag d the flexible. Princi- ples are altegether, with him, a secondary con- | sideration. man thatia most likely to beat, ia the man for Billy, and yet his calculations may fall short. Who knows ! Gen Foote, (out of the Senate a General of the militia,) thought the argumeat of Seward incon- sistent in itself. Strange, rather for Foote. Sew- ard urged the resolution, because Gen. Scott had been somewhat censured by the late administra- | tion—that is to say, Governor Marcy had over- hauled the hero of Mexico; and yet (Governor in the apeal that Governor Marcy is | his particular fnend, which seemed to puzzle Foote more than anything else. He could not, for the soul of hun, understand how Marcy could be the rticular friend of Seward. Foote scratched is head, but he could not make it out. The de- claration of Seward that Marcy was his partieu- | lar friend, was to much for Foote. Little Douglas was bothered what to do, but ex- plained a conditional support of the resolution. It was evident there was some trouble about it; but the Juage is a shrewd politician - The controversy between Gen Davie and Gen. Foote upon the respective military merits of Cay- lor end Scott, in Mexico, was somewhat out of the question; but for all that, it was agreeable to see and hear Gen Vavis stand up in defence of the clams of his old commander,now in his grave; and to do this in the style ofa mau who thoroughly understands the subject, scientifically and pracu- cally, of which he was speaking Mr. Downs thought this wea a Presidential ope ration. Quite likely. Gen. Foote, however, waa right to caution his democratic friend upon such a construcuon. Upon the tinal vote we fied Gen Cess missing, while old San Jacinto stood up and ut in his negative, strong and bold It will net Bars him; end we suppose if Gen. Cass had re- meined he would have voted the same way, The whole affair is very curious. Altogether, we make a Presidential cage out of lcisclear Gen. Seott is to be in the field; and very likely the Nations! whig candidate; but still more likely the Northera whig candidate. Itia clear that he is to be entered for the race. Wasuinaton, Feb. 13, 1851 The Case of Father Ritchie—The Patent Laws— Delay of Buemnen, &c Father Ri'chie will he relieved, and if he geta what the resolution before the House proposes to give him, he will make, at least, $20,000 out of his ruinous contract for the public printing. The contractors tor the work for the next Congress baving contracted to execute it at nearly as little, if not for lees ‘han Mr. Ritchie's prices, we suppose they, too, will apply for relief befwre their coatracte expire. There has been some approach to the Cheap Postage bill, to-day. Mr Rusk moved that th amendments be printed—and thai’s all. The committee have totally changed the plan of the House bill; and if the measure can possibly be got through the Senate tn any form, it will probably be teo late for the House. The chances of cheap postages this eession are becoming small by de- giees, and almost good for noihiwe. Ia fact, we think that chose hopeful feliow citizens who hive been counting upon a reduction, moy a4 well post pone their expectations to the arxt session of Congress The advocates of en amendmen lawe, of the pat from the refusal to tbe uy i may. aleo, act judiciously by the first out bouad train reqvtires their attendance; f Senate, iis useless to exp House = The appropriation will take up the balance of th doubt whether they will have the case of Gen. Scvtt, wh opulerity, Whatever may the publie necessity leis a fact, that Congreve have had ¢ , tend, with proper diligence nad cheep posteges, fivers and harbors, Spoliatione, the defence of the Mexican &e., &e.; but time haw been wasted, and t has gone by, according to the be We count upon little or no budget and the relief of Father | itchie other measures parsed, of ' be counted cleer gain Wasn the rench or eb. 14,1851. | Benton and Fvote— Benton and Kine —A Day wpon | @ Question of Oriler | We came very near having asother scene a the Senate to-day. The details you w il bave rece ved. | Benton wae making a epeech voon the atroduct on | | of a bill which has already been rejected, (the Miseowri @o per cent fund.) A large accession of strangers was in the galleries, and they were quite fied to listen through an unbroken de- bate. Foote, however, came to their relief, by the | introduction of a little variety im the programme lle raised a question of order. It was sustained by Mr. King, the President pro tem. against Bea ton, who wae informed that he must limit himself to a statement of the provisions of the bill he was about ts introduce. Benton flatl Hi | have to be sent knew his rights, He hed beem here for thirty | and he knew the rules. He was not going to a matilation of his rights. Not he. whole or none. But the Chair give the Amendment agreed to. Underw lay the queston on the table, but it failed— two to one. The motion of leave was adopted; and here it wos thought Vid Bullion would be satished with his privilege to make a speech Not at all. But, if not satisfied with the in- terruption, it was at least a supposable case that he would tura his atten'ion to Foote, who had called him to order. Not so. That would be giving toe much importance to the Senator from Missis- sippi to notice him. But a complaint must be rest- ed somewhere, and the amiable President of the Senate had to take it. Old Ballion charged di- rectly that in the qoaetion of order which the Chair had sustamed, he had been guilty of a disorderly in- terruption, and a violation of the parliamentary law. The charge, unexpected and provoking as it was, might have excused the President of the Se- nate in 4 direct retort of a false accusation ; but he maintained his temper and the dignity of the body in a most commendable manner. He satisfied him- eelf by saying, as amiably as possible, tha: the Se- nater from Missouri was out of order, that he was mistaken, and that b's view of the case was incorrect, and took the trouble to explain, for the sixth or seventh time, the 5 canetion of order He acted very judicior in matter as the Presi- dent of the Sena! ut, as a man, Mr. Kung 1s vot the man to pocket an accusation of this sort, and we should not be su-prised if, out of the Senate, old Bullion were to be called upon to explain Une © x- tent and degree of bis intentions in the phase ofa “disorderly interruption” against the Presideat of the body. The leave having been given, a debate between Megsers. Benton and Clay followed upoa the bill to be introduced, just as if the bill were 0: fore the Senate upon its third re: . The question, then, of leave to iptreduce the bill was decided against Old Bullion by an overwhelming majority, end very properly so decided) Bat Benion had achieved his object. He had found aa old speech of Mr. Clay’s, delivered twenty. rs ago, on the subject of refunding to Missouri this two per cent fund, from the proceeds of the public lands within her borders) He had found out that that tpeech of 1825 differed somewhat from the speech of 1851, by the same man upon the same sud,-ct The object was, therefore, to have a swing at him; and hence the introduction of the same bill reje ed afew days ago There was no prospect, uo idea, of pessing the bill The sole obj-ct of Col. Benton was another hit at Mr. csp wad avother speech tor home consumption in Mis-ourn Gen ‘oote, by cailing to order, only played tute the bends of his adversary, by giving greater promi- Gece tothe debate Aud thus a whole day war expended in the Senate upon a question of leave, @ question of order, a speech for Buncombe, and’ « speech in reply. ‘This looks well for cheap post eges, We must conlese Waswnato:, Feb 14, 1851 Articles Contributed from the United States to the London Industrial Exhiburon, 1851—Complete Returns, ctc. The following list of articles, in addition to those already enuerated in the Herald, plete cargo of the St. Lawrence, treighted tor the World's F oi :-- 414. Professor A. D. Bache, D. C., standari weights, mearures and bai e 416. Wood, Tomlinson & Co., New York, a wage D Maunoel White, New Orleans, -u.ar,p:vyer und Mrs, W. Rawling. New York, wi'linery. 8. Hobart & Robbins, specimens of 418. Hol ol epecimens types, print- ip; gg, ae ss — ; Ties Chadwick & Dexter Ocean pri: ting clot 490. W. I. Baker, shor backing. 421. Henry J. Newmen, imitations of weod in painting 422, Upham, Appleton & Co, ginghams, cassimeres, ccach laces. 425. Bayle. Merriam & Brewer. cotton cleth 426. Parker, Wilder & Co, woot blankets. Wm. G Shattuck. school desks and chairs. . Prouty & Mears, plough, . Moses Pond & Co., Union cooking ranzes. B. Bliss & Co , carpenter's toois . Geo. H. Ruggles. mica and talc for stove doors. . Chileon, Richardson & Co , stoves and furnaces 436. Doe, Hazleton & Co, rosewood and marble centre tables exhibited asspecimensofs G Roberts & Co 's binding. 439 lohabod Warhbura & Co., wire. ¥. B Thayer. Wm Gates . George Lori Turner Torrey ‘ . @ B. Atwood, black lead crucibles, . Addison Everett. wooden bowls. Lombard & Hall. grindstones. 447. C. Robineon & Co, glase case containing boots ard shoes 446 on purchase blocks, frictionless ine. ke. Warner & Co, brooms, : xe helves, hatchet handles ke. 450. Anthony Gilbert yorsamer wig. 401 Brederic Emersou, corresponding ¢1\p venti- lators 402 M 465 apie ead biro! ores Pond & Co. cocking ranges. T Gilbert & Co. pianoforte J.W. Paige & Co. Merrimac calico pri at. . do. Stark Mills brown drilings. George Hewe 8 G. Howe, boo! Bates, Hyde & Co . cotton gin Jobnron. Bewsli & Co. white Sannel George Grmiinder. glass ence contaiming ¥i0l\' 8 461. Jon. P, Wooabury, wood planing. tomguin: ard grooving macbines 462 James K Mills & Co., extra fine sbirtings trigate. pewer loom, turping lathe. ke. 406 Antoine Sourel. lithographic drawii 467, William Darton, mode) fa clipper ship. 468 F. Skinner & Co. bieck cassimere, trom Ameri can wool 460 Johm A, Whipple daguerreotypes Jobo A Cummings. toothy: and dentrifice. A&A Lawrence & Co, manufactures Almy Pi & Co.. cottons . Alb't Field. iron and eats on ks, thos \s tls, &o T K. Karle & Co. machine cards. David Kimbell cotcom duck Jonas Obickering planotories Henry N. Hooper & Co. epergnes and brass castings 478. Chas. Maroy. stove dressing sod ehapieg me chines 479. George Stimpaon Jr gold peo with handle and Hall's crmbin tion look electric clocks, epri on shawls and 0.» ani pressing, back *. and wagons. aary ‘Bte pb Feuehtwanger. epecimens of miners, 487. J. L Gatehe). Mory!and. hydravils ram 485 Wm Upfeld, Ohio t trees anu pa terns 480. Wm. H. Addington, Virginia, patent bell we, | boote iil be borne in mind t le huud ceived by the eor om of the owners. The foilowiag official returas of westerp district of l’epns ceived at the Ce t Alle; Green Bares Tioga... be —A ease was Supreme Court of dge Wayne delive of mueh bi «te e>onTane f feciled nited State r 3 prines emaveted from our geverp riatence of the articles of eenfede din for years: and that eyttem © » trade, now eo much commended and applauded, isof American origin This op ion in one of singuler ond curious importance, and well worth the perusal of our readers The case tee grew out of a Portuguese shipment of cofice, that nation, with its usual narrow-minded f . wought to avail iteelf of the free aad literal benefits bestowed on more enlightened nations The court atripped it of ite extraneous hebilimeata, nd put the iseue on ite true footing-—the reciprocal principles af justice and liberality —iSashington Cnim, be), 1a. Our Virginia Correspondence. Ricumenp, Va., Feb. 10, 1851. Notes of a Traveller—Industrial resources of Rich- mond— The Convention—Death of Mr. Myers who shot Hoyt, &c. In journeying quietly from Philadelphia to New Orleans, it has more than once occur- red to me that aa occasional letter from a cosmop- olite, might prove imteresting to some of your readers. Richmond, you are aware, is the capital of the State, and is always,'at this season of the year, what may be termed @* lively place,” but this win- ter it has been more @mon usually ¢! sort of poli- ticians, and old families, with which this State abounds, from the fact, that in addition to the sit- ting of the State Legislature, there has been assem- bled here a Convention for the formation of anew constitution for the State, one better adapted to the waats of the people, than the one now in existence. These two bodies have drawn together many of the prominent men of both political parties from every section of the commonwealth. Conspicuousin the latter body, is the talented but excentric Henry A. Wise. What progress they have yet made, I am un- able to say, but dmpaging but very little, from what the newepupers say. [| was much amused at a re- mark made by a privileged old negro servant this morning, in »nswer to one of my inquiries. I said to him, ** Well boy, (for you must kuew all ne- groes here are called ‘ boys,’ until they are about 60, they then cail them daddy,) how does the Convention get along? * They do nothing yet Marea; too many lawyer chaps dere to do any- tng.” It may be the old negro wis right; if so, wou't bis remark epply to Congress now in session, a8 well as to the Virginia Convention. The Washington Monument, the corner stone of whiek was laid on the 22d of February last, by General Taylor, 1s progressing as rapidly as works of asimilar kind lees do, and afew years no doubt, will find a caaemeraal Richmond, as a manu facturing place, is, I beiieve aheadof any other city or town in the State. There are here several mills for rolliog railroad and other descriptions of iron, which they make of a good quali 'y, but at the present time, they are coing but very litle, owing, ag they say, toa want of a proper (tariff, as by ihe preseat rate of dutirs they cannot compete with the low wages of England and Wales. [he flouring mulls, of which there are many, and some very ex- tensive, are all in full work. The theatre, here, under the management of Mr. Potter, Tam told, has done an exceilent Dust- ness this season, To-night, they pliy the ‘Lady of Lyons”—Claude Melnotte, Mr Marshall; Pau- ine. Mrs Farren; Col. Damas, Mr. Farrea, ec Mr. Ghddon, of mummy notoriety, is lectaring heie, and, as I understand, to goot piying an diences. Perhaps he may be duced to unroll another of bis collection of mummys before leaving, ithe should receive sufficient eacouragemeut Geo. Vandenhoff is also here, and,lam told, he is about to give his ‘Evenings with Sheridaa,” a3 he calls his entertainment. There died in this city, on Saturday last, Mr Wm. Myers You, no doubt, well recoliect the affair of shooting Hoyt, by Myers, some three or four years since, on aocount of the conduct of his wife and Hoyt. Hoy’, on his death bed, pro- tested that Mre. Myers and himself were not guilty of any criminalintercourse. Be that as it may, the public justified Myers in the shooting ot Hoyt: but they condemned the maaner in which it was dvae. Hoyt, my memory serves me, was fired upon while in hie bed, in his own oftice Myers, after- wards, obtained a divorce from his wite, who wat subsequently marned to a medical Tae po ol Pennsylvania, where they now reside. Myers, I am told, has led somewhat of an irregular life ince, and now fillsa grave to which he premature- ly — Hoyt. Let their faults die with them, way al ‘or some two years past, as I am told, there has been a good deal of inquiry made as to whe wasthe poorest man in Virginia, and since the public have been unable to decide upon the merits of the many candidates for the honor, there in- quines have turped upon who is the richest man in Virginia. The matter has at leagih been set- tled to the satisfaction of ail the F. F. V's, by a writer in the Ri Whig. It appears the lucky man is Mr. Samuel Hairston, of Heury coun- ty. Heisthe owner of between sixteen und se- venteen hundred slaves, in bis own right, maviag lately taken an account of “stock,” He also has spective right to about one thousand more, which are now owned by his mo her-in-law, he having marned an only child. Iie now has the management of them, which makes the number of his tlevee reach near three thousand. They 1a crease at the rate of neara thousand a year, aad he hasto purchase a large plantation every yeur to set- tle them on. His wealth is differently estimated at from tbree to five millious. Mr. Hairston manages his matters as easy a8 mo?! persons would an es- tate of ten thousand dollers. He has overseers, who are compelied to give him @ written statement of what is maie and spent on each plantation ; and his negroes are all ted and clothed from their own do- mestic manufacture and raising, leaving his tooncco crop, which 18 immensely large, a3 80 much clear gain every year, besides the natural increase of his slaves, which is a fortune in itse Virginia, pecks rhe needs no more ~ A rich man is found, her work is o'er. Richmond is justly celebrated for its good ho- tels; the Exchange is a ‘* crack house,” but I pre- sume there are others equally good. There 13, however, one thing which | am quite confident of, that there is wo hotel the other eide of Mason & Dixon’s line that can turn out a set of boarders thet will demolheh a dioner quicker, in a given epace of time, than the regulars of the Exchange otel. Yours, truly, J.K. Our Harrisburg Correspondenee. Harnisevae, Pa., Fed. 8, 1551. The Tariff im the Pennsylvania Legislature—The Reading Railroad, §c. The business before the Legislature, now in the sixth week of its session, has been of the dullest charac’er, until within the last four or five days past, when the several instructing resolutions to our Senators, &c , in Congress, relative to a modi- fication of the tarifl, were taken up in both branches The bali first opened in the Senate, on Mr- Walker’e eeries of resolves, of a decidedly whig stamp, and opposed by counter resolutions of those on the oposite side of politics. Able discussions were bad ae well in the Seaate, by Senator Sao. dereon, in opposit! and Mr. Bonham, of the Houee, to any change, or modification of the ex- isting tarifl, except it was for the benefit of all | classes of citizens alike. The Senator, however, | declared himse.: opposed to tree trade, whilst the representative expreseed lus conv.ction that no change was necessary, for numerous reasons, | which he assigned at great length, in an elaborate | and able speech The Reading Reilrond Company is stilt in tribu- mb, perhaps more so than at any former period xistence. After having appeared within the of the capivol, last year, as a mendicant— gly, and not without reason—sue- | p cted and charged in the public prints, with haviag | ueed large sums to seeure the object it hadia view, of an unconsututional law ostensibly fort | purpore of paying ite debts, we find the directors, | after a year Med prosperity, declaring a | dividend, without making any provision jor the ! payment of their bonds. Such reprehensible coa- duct has been made the subject of comment, not \ oaly bythe press of our State, particulaily in the Schuylkill region, but else by very large meetings | of operators and miners, who have for a series of years been ground down into the dust by this over- bearing and oppressive corporation. Asan mdicas wt public sentiment, a committee hes arrived trom Pottaville, la¢en with numerous peti- b | tions for a new railroac Pailadelphia, connecting with the Norrisrown Railroad. The petition | deem of 8 (uch mppertence, and involving, as it dues, the prosperity and best interests of the coal region, that | inclose it for publication :— | To the Honorable the Senate and Iloute of Re- preventanves ef the Commonweelth ot Penasylva hioc—The petition of the subscribers, citizens of Schuy (hill county, respectfully represents :— | “That the coal trade of Schuylkill county ie ereatly trammetied by the enormous rates cherged by the traospor‘ation companies, whose capital (mainly thiough mismanagement, ead in attempt+ Weg to &X en ve control over the trade and business of the people,) has grown to the enor: rum of about tw no millions of dul- while the eume improvements could have heen made, under proy to or twelve millions pereiet ip taxing the trade of thie r Hey of the Sehay lial, with rates to don this investment, when it is known vearly one half of this capital is not real, but ler the was created by giving doller bonds for about fifty crnts ip money ) our petitioners agree thatevery man Who invests movey tor the benefit of the pubs he, ought to be remunerated and paid a fair divi- dend on the investment—and if the present rail- read company would charge a rote that would pay lend on actual enpital, properly and pru- sted, and accommodat would have no right to conplein; know thatthe Philadelphia and Ke Company has eqnandered this me persist in trammelling the trade, ¢ velopement of our resources, enhanei he price of the necerenrics of life. diminishing the value of property, end reducing the revenues ef the Com menwealth, they con’ theit boundea duty appeal to the who created this corpo ration, fer oy samy grievances. *-Your petitioners would also state that this corpo- pile has unde makes to nie its cars to oon they please; and those w! disposed to contro thelr own business, and send their products to mar- ket by euch avenues as suits their convenien are greatly annoyed and harrassed by thi: corporation, and their busmess ruined, and themselves reduced to beggary. Your petitioners believe that the charter was granted to the Phila- delphia and Reading Railroad Company to coa- struct an improvement that should be open to all who desired to use it, under proper regulation, without ‘fear, favor, or affection;” and that it was not designed to control, trammel, and ruin the business of those who think proper to protest against its management and practices, and choose to send their commodity to market by another channel, when it ia their interest to do so. “Your petitioners would also represent, that the president of this railroad company has also en- gagea in the coal business, in companies with individuals; and in order to secure le to the road, he nas thrown that coal into the market at such ates, that it was impossible for individual hed made heavy investments in develop the resources of the county, #0 compete with him in the market. “Your petitioners also believe, that the present Tailroad, with its enormous capital, has ene: tuted into @ mere etock-jobbing concera, and care but little about the interests of the trade, if they can only inflate their stock, and compel people to use their road by intumidution and punishment. ‘This is evident from the fact, that they boast of their ability to carry coal, includiug wear and tear, at about 63 cents per ton to Phitadelphia, and have, for the lust two years, charged the enormous rate ot $1 70 per ton, knowing that it has been the means of checking the trade and impoverishing the coal region. c Your petitioners believe that said road is under a foreign influence, hostile to the interests of the region, this State, apd the mation, and they there- fore petition your honorable bodies eh ee achar- ter for the construction of a new road, leading from the coal regiou of Schuylkill county duwa the valley of the Bohn yiill, by such a route as will not interfere with the present improvements, con- necting with the Norristown Railroad, firmly be- heviog that it can be constructed aad equipped for ell the purposes of transportauon, for about six millions of doliare; that by the time it ia completed, the great impevus it will give to the further deve- Jopement of our immense mineral resources, an sbundance of trade will be created for the accom: modation of all the avenues to market, ut moderate ruies; while it will, atthe same time, curb the pretentions of one of the most monstrous, daring, and oppressive monopolies that has ever grown upimthe country. And they will ever pray, dec.” Iris to be hoped that after a Jong eeries of years of mismanugement, the ude of dishonesty and cor- ruption which has characterized the management of this company fromthe day ou which it Was char- tered, will now be arrested. Your readers have only to refer to the affidavit which was filed against this company by Charles Gouid, in the Supreme Court of Peansyivania, in 1847, and published at length in your city papers, to more fully uaderstand | the wecuracy of my charges and statements. I shall prepare & synopste of the affidavit of Mr Gould, now oa file in the Supreme Conct of Pennsylvania, wherem it is mace apparent that the whole sysem of manngement, or perhaps, more properly speaking, | mismansgement, was fully exposed. Certain it is, no matter what means this bankrupt company may resort to for the purpos of bolstering up their stock, | the forthcoming exporé will be so cxeroeelanng | @gainetit, that ttle or no doubt can be entertame et the favorable consideration of the propeaed new . road on the opposite side of the Schuylkull. The Commitee on Internal Improvements will ehortiy ask the House for power to send for persons nd papers relative to resuming the interest ot the State in the Delaware and Hudson canal. { will shortly prepare a statement exhibiting the facts, and the menner in Which the coal region, tempora- nly ownved by the abovenamed company, came iato their possession, and how it will, and must, revert ugain to the Commenweat!th under certain stipula- tions. Svsquewanya. Our Lewiston Correspondence. Lewiston, N. Y. Feb. 7, 1351. Completion of the Mammoth Bridge—Great Rejowing. Tuesday last was a memorable day for the good people of this goodly village, and our neighbore of Queenstown, opposite. Early in the morning it was rumored that a foet-path would be completed during the dey upoa the largest of all large bridges in the world, which is now being built here. Ac- cordingly, by eleven o'clock, a vast crowd of citi- zens end strangers had collected; end at tea minutes to twelve the laet plank at the east end of the bridge was laid down; and at the same moment @ procestion of the citizens of Can ada, heaed by Capt. Serrei—ihe engineer of the work—his anable lady, and the officers of the Queenstown Company, proceed on to, and across, the bridge to greet the citizens of the State of New York; who, again, formed a@ line ead marched over to Canada ious speeches were made and responded te in the open air Atter which, the company repaired to &p adjacent “shanty’’ to discuss the merits of Heidsick, Ord, &c , &e., prepared for the occa- sion. The ‘ten iron bands’ which bind New York to Canada und Canada to the United States, was cropk with tee times three, with many other toasts, The bridge 1a, certainly, the ideal of mechenical beavty and excellence. With a span of ten hundred and forty feet it leaps, at one bouad, over a nver cording to McCullough — the cratiet to the reeervours of more than hall the fresh water of the globe. lregretto say that two base and villanous at- tempts have been made to throw the bridge iato the river, by partes attempting to uuserew the ; festenings of the cables. The. fret wus frustrated by the couble atiachment—which the scoundrel hee! did not know of, as oaly one set was jooseped—the other, by the vigilance of, the night watch: but, owing toa heavy saow storm, the per- ties escaped, although pursued. We are equally ignoraat of the object of these attempts as of the parties concerned. If lam here whea the bridge 13 completed for public travel—which wil be ina week or two, weather permitting—you shall hear from me again, es we are promised atime which will be “one on ’em.”” Opsenver. Menven axp Ovrbson im Anuansas.—A correspon. dent or the Littl Jock (Ark) Guzerte, epeuking of @ on the 10th history of our coantry, than that ly oocurred in our vicinity. A mei bl capital with three men, calling bimselt Roan arriving B bey. claim ts After parley- ing some time with the eberilf, Beard comsented to snr. rerder on terms. The sheriff, tewling ed that Beard would submit, weiked to the kitches tenement, with pert of hie aid. te warm himeelt. it being a cold morping. lreving the others to watch Beard’s move- ments Uv their retiring. Roave persuaded the others towarm sieo. They did eo. (a their retiring. head vanced to Beard, cilered his friendship, aewucing him ot bi d intentions, and seye, “ry you jot been arrested; run, On the impulee ot me breath. fredon him taking peck, which must have proved fetal, of his coat impeded the rhot. Moa: had not killed Beard, tam He q both oape of his oy t for that purpure.and proceeded Ae njamin Brock, &nétorioas bad charsoter, whom, report saya, and it is generally beliewed, had hired this essassim to kill Beard; when, sot fading bim. proceeded to the house of Brook's mother-in-law, Mra. Mary B llarrie some seven miles from the scene cf the morning's advent where they arrived sbout twilight The constable (and that hisname may pot be forgotten. ie James Mec'jusen) entered the beure bidding bis guard to follow. the table. teklag eupper fa t og cabins, betwoon two doors in the usaal compliments. to- calling to his ids to follow, whea John 1.2 Morria and Ro- to, rized bis he cthee barrel a 5 effect in bieright arm, neat the shoulder, two bails ond two back shot entering between the fl apdribeot the breast. Mi: by his surgeon, ia not core'dered mortal, but precarions Brock and ane. with the constable, escaped at the baok door. rris Iny weitering in his gore. begging to be admit: ted inte the how after constable, desperadors, and ol fled from the evens of carnage, but admission was denied and this amiesle young man lef. to the insle : of the night: the christian sympathies of melrs could not be oper: ©! an Inquest bi Atrocity of there derde at by his own guerd—his latal protecto: wortby citizens shot down like dogs, while cution of the laws of our Btate. in Pest Orion Orrrations.—The Postmaster Ge- bere! bas established the followin ciiices, im this State, for the week ending February &, IS91:—~ Tottenville, Richmond county, John T ten, Re mycter; West Onondaga, Onondaga co ty, Myron Clift, postmaster; Red J brie unty, A. Whittemore, county, G. OC. Howard, post Liie county, Jobn Potter, post Ine county, J. G. Dayton, pared Erie county, Simeon he irk, postmaster. tigued~Seuth Chemung, Chemung county. ° tric telegraphs. AFFAIRS AT THE STATE CAPITAL. Deena Our Albany Correspondence, Atwany, February 11, 1851. Cana State Senator, elected to the next Congress, retain his seat cfter the third of March? A question will soon erise im the Senate, which will involve a legal and constitutional point of much importance. Mr. Schoonmaker, a Senator from the Ulster district, was elected a member of Congrees at the lust election. The Congaess to which he was elected commences with the 4th of March next. Can he, therefore, hold his seat in the Senate of this State, and be @ representative in the Congress of the United States at the eame time? The Constitution of this State, article third, section eight, is explicit upon the subject. It is as followe:— No person, being s member of Congress, or holding apy ate! ies office under the United States, eball bold the Legislature ; and if any per- son bull. election as @ member of the Legis. lature, be elected to Congress. or appoiated to any office. civil or military, uuder the government of the San Btates, his acceptance thereot ehall vacate his beat So faras Mr. S. is personally concerned, he would probably vacate his seat in the Senate on the 4th of March. Has known repatation asa fair and hberal minded man, juetifies the expectation that if left to decide the matter in accordance with the dictates o' his own sense of right and justice, he would prompuy reegn his senatorship. the majority of bw party in that body being de- pendent on a@ single vote only, to carry through any poliucal project, will endeavor by all means to retain him in’ his seat until the expiration ofthe hundred days, about the middle of April. The psrsuge of alt laws requires seventeen votes, and that is the exact pumber which the wi porress when the entire number are present. Should Mr Schoonmaker leave the Senate, alarge number of laws which the whigs desire to enact, would go overboard si It would seem, from the intention of Mr. 3. to make another effort to elect a United States Sena- tor, that he wishes to make the trial before the 4th of March. Shoulda choice be made after that time with his aeristance, the election would cer- tainly be contesied upon the ground of the invali- dity of his vote, and the question submitted to the United States Senate, which body haa the right to judge of the elections, qualificatioas and returns of its own members. Therefore, should a Senater be chosen after the 3d of March, and Mr. S. parti- C pate in the eleenon, the United States Senate wiil decide whether Mr. S. was a member of Con- gress after the 3d of March, in accordance with the true spint and meaniog of the eighth section, as above quoted Should his ac‘ion judeed ir- regular aad illegal, the person sent to the United Statee Senate by those means, would, in all proba- bility, be refused @ seat in that body. ‘hen this question comes uy it certainly will in the course of a very tew days—I am aware that the whigs will quote the precedent in the case of Mr. Bokee. This case was precisely similar to Mr. Schocnmuker’s; and on that occasion, aftera debate of a day or two, the Senate decided by a perty vole—the whige having two-thirds of the Se- pate—that Mr. Bok not disqualified from rtorming Se! 3, although he held in is pocket a certificate of his election to the House of Representatives of the United States. Mr. Schoonmaker being a gentlemen possessed of a high sense of hovor, will not, it is supposed, retain his seat if a doubt exists in his own mind as to the legality of doing so Ww. Acvsany, Feb. 11, 1851. The Publtc Prenting. The Hon Thomas B. Carroll, Senator from the Rensseleer districi, wiii ntroduce a bill in the Senate, providing for the election of a public printer by the people, and toestablish a State print- ing office. He is wced to present this proposi- tion in consequence oi alleged malpractice under the contract system, as it now exists. There are many reasons for adopting such a course, which are tenable; aud could the project be accomplished, it would undoubtedly remedy many of the evils which are pow alleged to exist. But the principal objec- tion to it is, that it would unavoidably create a mammo h poiitical engine, more subservient to po- dincal demugogues, more formidable in its secret movements, than that re other system hitherto pursued. By electing & public priater, he must of necessi'y be a politician; aud the party which sac- ceeds in electing him will compel him to subscribe to certain regulations in the purchase of paper, types, and other stock, and also in the employment of printers, binders, folders and stitchers. The party fiienca muet be provided for; and by employ- ig in 4 State establishment from one to two hun- dred mechanics and operatives, most of whom wovld be employed on account of their party fidelity, # dynasty will be established which will control and influence many hund ¢d voters. ‘That the public printing amounts to an enormous sum #noually, is an undeniable fact; and ta re- flecrirg upon the subject, uine-teaths of the people look no farther than to the public printer himseif. But the true cause exiets in the absolute ignorance of those who order the printing dome. For im- stunce, the Leglsjature, sume years since, aut ized Gov. Bouck to ent to contract with print- ers, for publishing the Geobogical Survey of the State. Well, he concluded an ingement with Carroll & Cock todo the printing; but befere the firet type wae set, his excetiency was informed that it was necessary to accompany the printed mnetier with engraved iliustratione, giving views of the various meces of stone, rock, &e., in the State. This work he aleo contracted tor, and the engravers commerced the job. Within a month afterwards, the Governor was again applied to by one of the profeesior, who jiaformed him, that consequence of the veriegated appearence of large variety of the primitive rocks, ‘bles, slate, goers, felepar, Wc., it was absolutely necessary th portion of the engraving should be colored, in order that an original apperance of them might be presented and preserved im the great St wor To this the Governor also yielded; od thus the work went on until the present tims—the expense having arrived et nearly two hundred theucand dollare, without any prospect, to this day, of its being ever completed. Se, also, with the Agricultural Report of the last sexcion This was also a cumbersome volume of some thousond pages. This wae ordered to be by the Hove, without any knowledge of capecity, usefulness, or cost. Some tive or ten thousand copies were ordered to be printed, at the expense ot the State, without its containing a ringle line in the whole volame requiring legis dati e ection, hor Was tuere in its conteats any nce Whatever to busines: pertaining to the Legislature And at this session, too, while the two houses were — to and fro, upon this subject ot pudlic printing, when it was well known that the Sen wos determined to cartal this species of , the House, with a single dash, adopted a resolution to print the Agricultural Report of thie year, ordering an immense number of copies, the cost of which will exceed sixty thousand dollars. ‘Theeeare only fe~ specimens of orderiag p ing done. The foul is im the Legislature, not ia the public printer. He dves not print a oili, re- port, or de cument, but which is ordered; om does he rint a single copy more than di the Legislature, and he cannot issue a thout the aw 'y of one or the ses of the Legislature; er, should he do * woold certainly be rejected in the Comptroller's oioo* ‘The trath ic, th 1. gislature, every session, order an immense amount of printing, and have no knowledge of ita cost. Bat whea an appropriation is asked to pay for the work which the members have themselves, by resolution, allowed, why thea, en alarm raised—a great hue and ery is raised agaiost the public printer, and he is aecused of rebbing the pubhe treasury. The present prin- ter to the Legislature obtaing only eight @ents a thousend ems for hie work, and it is only upon long numbers that he manages to sustain himself Mr. Carroll's bill will be up for discussion ia a few doy w. Ixrnovesent iN Paovrine. —bxtract of a private letter from Parts: —* 1851 begina well; it year emong thousands: the annus miraty feast vod holiday of the hand-crafted and the witted, the vear of London pride. Among the star eh for the world me peti ved ‘ult and importa’ t of composing to de tributiog printing types quickly and cheapiy. It differs in mechanism from ail prev attempts atreal cog this improvement in printiog. it has been examined by the Commission of the Depart- ment of the Seine for transmission to London, aad it hes the approbation of this board as surpassiag everything of the kind hitherto made \° ‘The machine provides for the distribution as weil ae the composition of the types, and in a small compass contains the cases ani 64,000 letters, for a compositor’s day's work. Ly an ingeni rangement, the workmen can compose four diffe ent characters, Roinon or Italic, without mov from his place—disiributing, composing, justify’ and rterliniog atthe rate ov 10,000 lettere an hour. ithas the further merit of not obliging the present compesitors to undergo a fresh apprenticeship ta order to master the working of the machine. The inventor, who is said to have devoted fifteen years to the invention, has made it bis ehief object to diererb as little as possible the present routine ia this department of labor, and to make wee of the types, tools, and accessories now in use. The commissioners have spoken of it as an invention of the highest importance in the typographic art, The machine is moderate in prices, and is said moreover, to be applicable te the working of eleq