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& = as Our Washington Correspondence. Wasuineton, March 8, 1851. General Chaplin—The Fate of some of his Accom- plices— District of Columbia Law— §c. The mo. ements of abolitionists in this meridian, Rest summer, are well knowa and remembered. Hundreds of slaves were abducted from the Dis- trict, Maryland, and Virginia, and slaveholders generally were alarmed lest their property should take to their legs and flee away. A particular fancy was entertained towards a negro belonging to the Hon. Robert Toombs, and another, the pro- perty of the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, both of Georgia; and this at an important juncture in the affairs of our country, when ultras of the North and the South were vieing with oae another as to who should first succeed ip dissolving the Union, Seutherners hating the confederacy because it embraced abolitionists, and Northerners as heartily despising it because slavery was tolerated. Gen- Chaplin was the Lieutenant General, and, furnish- ing himeeli with a carriage, hired a black fellow, named Warner IJarris, to drive it and the contents, mamely, Chaplin, and the slaves of Stephens and be bexend the bounde of the District, through a portion of Meryland, and ito the State of Penn- sylvania, where the cars of the underground rail- road Were in waiting, to carry the fugitives to a cooler chmate. We know that this party was cap- tured, after a warlike apd bleedy encounter, and brought back to Wasningion. Stephens aad Toombs subsequently recovered their slaves, one of them returning voluntarily to his master; War- ner Harris, the colored driver, was thrust into prison, and Chaplin gave bail in the sam of $6,000 tor his appearance at the present term of the cria- nal court; and was then, on requisition, conveyed to Montgomery county, Maryland, to answer to the charge of ano assault, with an intent to kill, the police officers who intercepted the progress of the escaping parties. He, however, after lying about two months in jail, gave bail to the amount of $19,000, to appear en! answer to the grave charge at the March term of the Howard District court—— the venue baving been changed. These are a few of the facts in the case. Chap- lin has not yet made his eppearance here, and it is suj poeed that he will not, nor at Howard dis- tact, preferring to forfeit the bail rather than to trust in the glorious common law privilege of being ined by his peers, assembled as a jury. But War- ner Harris, the driver of his team, was put on trial this week, and wae found guilty on one of the in- | dictments for assisting the slaves to escape, aud he will probably, during the coming week, go through the ordea! on the other. Tne law prescribes the panishment, in such instances, to be not less than two hundie ‘ dollars for each person enticed or as- sisted to escape. And if the money be not paid forthwith, the offender to lie in jail until it is— one-half, we believe, going to the owners of the slaves. i. Buta trial of more moment took place te day— that of Noah C. Hansoa, a colored man, engaged ae a servant in the house of Richard S. Coxe, Esq., (who was, on a memorable occasion, engaged by the Senate of the United States to take part against Mr. Joho Nugent, who was so badly dealt with by that honorable dody, because it was suspected that he had furnished the New York Herald with ‘a copy of the Mexican treaty before it was ratified). Two negroes, the slaves of the Hon. Mr. Coleock, a representative from South Carolina, were miss- ing on the sixth of May, and were not found till the 12th of August. Captain Goddard and Officers —-. Wollard, by some — ascertained that they were on the premises of Mr. Coxe; and they were discovered under the lower floor of the servent’s quarters, confined to a narrow space, food being pragies to them through a crack, by Hangon. Mr. Coxe promptly disavowed all know- ledge of their being on his premises, and afforded every facility for the arrest of his servant. Mr. Coleock received his negroes, and did not forget to remember the — for their loss of ume aad trouble in his behalf. Mr. Fendall, for the United States, afier the evi- dence had been given to-day, addressed the Jury to show that Hinson was guilty of the offence charged, namely:—“‘willingly and wittingly enter- Mr. Colcock’s negroes, and “ entertain- img” them for twelve hundred and eighty houre; and he read from the law applicable to the case, passed in Meryland one hundred and three years ago— before the colonies thought about independ- ence—a law that was traasferred to the District of Columbia when Maryland contributed the soil now known as the seat of the General Govern- mett. The penalty for “entertaining” in such cases is, for cach hour, one hundred pounds of tobacco, or one dollar sixty-six and two-thirds cente—the price of the weed at that time, we sup- . Rather a severe price for the privilege. ir. Radcliffe and’Mr. Key, the son of the author of the song of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” appeared for the prisoner. The jury returned a verdict of guilty just Hanson, and came to the conclusion the ained” his guests for mye! sixhuodred ht hours, throwing out the remaining mm the isdictment. Hangon was taken back to prisup, there to remaia until the price of sixty-four thousand eight hundred pouuds of tobac- co is paid, or one thousand and eighty dollars. Ia the same prison Drayton and Sea men, are still confined. They were engag two years ago, in abducting seventy-six slaves, in schooner Pearl, who were ell captured in the Potomac. Their fines are somewhere in the Beigbborhood, according to our recollection, of | thirty thousend dollars each. Thos, it will be seen, that all persons cannot steal or entice, or * emgertain” slaves withimpu- | ; and that the ignorant re arrested and uunished, while the chief and controllers ve wil or money enough to protect bear ei DAP a Wacsnrseton, March 10, 1851 The Cloyton Blunder— The Newaragua Treaty— ‘The Nwaraguan Minister and Sir Henry Bul- wer, & For several months past, we have been aware | that “ Le Commandeur J. de Marcoleti, Envoyée Extraordinaire et Ministre Plenipotentiaire de la Republique de Nicaragua,” has been an object of | suspicion in the West ind of Washington. He | ame hither with the highest professions of friead- ship of his government towarde tha: of the United States; and his arrival wae trumpeted as an im- portent event, calculated to unite the interests of | his republic and ours ia boads of amity stronger | than the locks of the con‘emp!lated ship canal to umite the two great oceans for commercial pur- pores. : A cemi-official netce appears directly under the editorial head of the Nutwnmal Intelligencer, of Sa- turday, saying, in the strongest terms of indigaa- won, that Marcoleti had bad a conversatioa with an English capitalist with regard to the construc. thon ot the canal, and had favored the project of that gentleman, 10 the detriment of the United States and the st alations om the sub- ce of the disclaimer by | ft, Who auonymously says ve of Nicaragua, bu: hasdeeply it is pot doubted that the ernment 18 sincere in its profes. sions of freadship towards the United States, but the reports in relation to i's minister do not justity | 8 like satisfactory conclusion | It will be remembered that Mr. Clayton, while Secretary of Sate, biundered into a treaty with | @ir Hensy Bulwer, with regard to the joint use of the contemplated canal. Casting under his table sll previos prevets, he did write a treaty himself, | and im @ great hurry it wes copied over night, and that be ie note at heart her inter Nuareguan governr to the in the Eiaen ox else Bulwer would not have so publicly sligh' the interference ment by the oe goad Biche ots Waneaen vernment, were foi bim. A slight that was next neighbor to an iasult. ever, the ruse is believed to have been weil understood between the British and Nicaraguan mi- nister, because the former would not have so far forgotten his duty as a gentleman as to have delib- erately and openly treated an invited guest with so much coldness and indiflerence. And it is said positively, that Marcoleti, like Nicodemus of old, bs by night” to have his private conversations with Sir Henry. We have no intention to do in- justice to the parties referred to; and only repeat what is understood and believed by those whose clairvoyance enables them to see a little more than is exhibited te the world The Hon. Isaac E. Holmes is about to start for California, without even returning, it is said, to Charleston, of which city he wasa representative in Congress. His course has not been considered sufficiently ultra to suit the ‘fire eaters ;” hence, they refused to re-elect him, and he does not care again to face them. During nullification times he was as rampant as Rhett, but age has cooled him down, andexperience has shown that the greatest personal safety and politi edom are in the Union. He is not a tame politician, but pared to fly off the handle. fo} Wasuineron, March 10, 1851. Personal Explanations—Very Important to the Parties Concerned. Gen. Cass has a good deal of trouble to set him- self right on the River and Harbor bill. The Re- public is down upon him, this morning, for a letter to Michigan, promising the “ Hollanders” that the River and Harbor bill would pass, and that he shouid certainly vote for the appropriation to Black river—a river emptying into Lake Michigan, atthe point where there is a settlement of Hollanders, who wanta harbor. The Repwblrc publishes this letter, but declares that, like everything else that the General has written or spoken, ot late years, it only involves the subject in ‘noise and confu- sion.” This was more than human nature could stand. Gen. Cass could not stand it. He read the offea- sive editorial, to the infinite amusement af the Se- nate, and followed it up with a free and full expla- nation of his position on rivers and harbors, which is just precisely what it was before—a very doubt- ful position, adapted to a general copstruction in- stead of a local application, except with regard to the Hollanders.”” It is like the ** Kane letter” of Col. Polk—good for all latitudes, but pot adapted to any in particular. But why all this explaiamg and defining of his position, on the River and Har- bor bill, by Gen. Case? He is for sticking to the estimates. Now, suppose the Secretary of the Treasury should send in a lot of estimates, athe mext session, corresponding exactly with the items of the River and Harbor bill, as passed by the House, and as swamped in the Senate, what would . Cass dot Accord- i i groald, ronal, sup- the bill; but suppose Jefferson Davis, and the of the South, should demand, as a test of democracy, that the bill shail be defeated, what then? ‘ould General Cass fall back on the plea that the bill is anti-democratic, and that the item for the * Hollanders” is unconstitutional, bein, only for a local work, of no national consequence The truth is, that (jeneral Cass is done for on this River and Herbor bill, unless he does define his position, either one way or the other. There is no use im talking about the estimates unless you in- tend to support the bill. The digpute between General Houston and the South Carolina Senators, upon the question whether that State is or is not an oligarchy, led by the nose by a few leading men, was also made @ matter of personal explanation, this morning, between the parties to the controversy. All tnat was made of it, however, was, that old Sam adheres to his opinion that South Carolina might be turned into a very snug little monarchy, if the politicians of that State could only be allowed to cut her loose from the Union. One thing is preity evideat— General Houston will never get the vote of South Carolina for the Presidency. Can he be elected without .:? No telling—it may be 90; and his abuse of South Caroliaa will no doubt help him in Tennessee. port ultras Wasnixotos, March 11, 1951. The Senate Reports—Comstructive Mileage—The Patent Dinner and India Rubber Stomachs— General Scott. Meears. Gales and Seaton have thrown up their connection with the Senate, as prioters of its de- bates in the Natronal Intelligencer, at $7 50 per column, to take effect with the expiration of the presenteession. Their contract expired on the 4th March; but they publish the proceedings of this extra session es a matter of accommodatioa, and give it upfor the future. They have lost money by it, and they do not care to be the official publishers of the Senate debates, under the control of Sena- tore, upon any terms The reason is well known. The debates which occur in the Senate, and the official reports of them, are two different things. Senators correct and revise their remarks till, in point of fact, any important debate, as officially printed, isa falsification of history. Jeflerson Davis tried to stop the practice, bu! he was voted down. We hope a better system will be introduced at the next seseion of Con, ; 80 that the debates, as spoken in the Senate, wiil be allowed to stand uoon he record. Gentlemen will then be a litte more cautious in what they oer and leas ambitious to waste time in useless chaffering for Buncombe. The Senate have the liberty to take out their constructive mileage for this executive seszion, though we presume that most of them will deci:ne to draw it, for fear of a resolution at the next ses- sion, calling for a report of the items of expeaditure of the contingent fund; and because the opinion of both houses has at least been expressed on the subject,in the act suppressing this constructive mile- age power, from and after the inaugural executive tession ot 1863. The whole thing is a great cry over a little wool; but the renacor, for all that, pute bis neck at hazard in drawing this construc- tive mileage. A decision upon the particular mile- age of Ur. Gwin is postponed till November next. The most amusing blunder of the aeason was committed on the 4th of March, by Horace H Day and others oppesed to Ewbank. They got | hoid of the report that Ewbank was superseded as Commieeioner of Patents by George T. Curtis, of Poston; and they got up a splendid dianer at the Nationa! Hotel, in honor of the change. The din- guests were present, members of Congress, report’ ers, ke. Hon. Joshua A. Spencer, of New Y ork, made a epleadid speech on the occasion ia #upport of the Union, and against the “ woolly heads,” which was received with creat enthusiasm the mofal is the best of ail office all the time; and continues in it to this day The dinner was so much money aad rejoicing hrown eway Gen. Scott occupies a more formidable position | Tay} lor in 1847. By common consent, he is admit- | ted to be the candidate for the Whig party, aad the | only men who has any chance of preventing the election from being carried up to the House Wasnixe rox, Mareh 11, 1851 Father Ritchie— Another Eyfort for the the Democratic Organ—The Laut | e— Mr. Webster ana the Hungarians The Case o Relief Chance G of signed by the British M er, on the ensuing day. Selt-conceit led Mr. © believe that he | had overreached Mr , bat it was sot long before there were doubts about the Masyalio King and the Musquito Coast ; and surely the con- duct of British agents, since that period, his shown that Mr. Clayton mistook, and did not build a very tal! monument to hie diplomatic fame For professing too much ‘riendship on the part of | the United States our charge was recalled, but the | Britieh Government still retains Mr. Chatheld as charge to (Guatemala, and Consul (eneral to Cen- | tral America ; and this worthy, fully understand- ing his instructions, and reckless of the rights of | those by whom he is surrounded, is retained, keep- ~ the whole of Central America in a ferment tmust not be forgotten that a certain letter of Sir Heary to Mr Chathield was intercepted, and was Sret pubiiebed in the New York Herald,in which the British Minister characterized the late admiuis- tration asa‘ weak one.’ He may entertain a ei- milar opinion with regard to the prevent, f r Chat- field does not at all seem to be restrained in his la- bors in behalf of the English ; and we know that British divionacy and chica’ do not merely fe a year, or a generation, but for all fu- Marcoleti has been accused of ret correspondence with Bulwer iatration, it is reported, has not been deaf in relation to this subject. To say that the minister from Nicaragua n playing into the hands of the British, would be to venture a bold remark. but such is the c! ‘avery serious one, all t! ‘Guustesred, for Marcclet to cienipue’’ © uae? Ap omdit be mentioned in thie connection i Sir Henry gave a party, an ourae, foreign ministers near the governiment of the United States, were invited. When Marcoleti en- tered, Mr. Balwer only gave him a cold nod of re- re was no cordial shake of the h ‘ae with the other distingn: doced gentlemen who heard of the circumstance to believe that th> epreseatations Mareoleti had made ying on a ee ve admin- —Gen. Foote's Patriotic Course, &&., &c It is very well known that by hie contract for the printing of the Thirty-first Congress, just expired, Father Ritchie has lost money. The oli man was deceived and humbugged in various ways, in taking | this contract, or at least that is the best apology | that can be made for him; and, from all that we | can learn, he loses, in consequence, some thirty or forty thousand dollars. Besides all this, the Union newspaper has been a dead weight to carry notwithstanding the #7 50 per column, for the de- bates of the Senate. The bill for the relief of Father Ritchie having failed for want of time, and the proposition of Mr. Foote, to pay for the printing of the Senate out of the contingent fund, according to the House resolution ot fifty per cent lees than the prices of 1519, having also Kiiiea, the case of the venerable padre began to appear desperate enough, Gen. Foote, however, is not the man to abandon hie triend The democratic organ of the old hive must be sustained, or the organization will go down, or run to seed before the next meeting of Congress. ‘Thatiaplain enough. We had there- fore, another effort, and a very ingenious effort, for the relief of Mr. Ritenie to-day The correspondence betwees the State Lepart- ment and the Turkish goverament, in reference to the Hungarian exiles in the Sultan's dominioas, oote having been laid before the Senate, Mr moved that it be printed. Mr. Lorlead sug; that there wae nobody to print it, fatmer Ki ‘ contract having expired with the late Congress Mr. Foote then moved that the Seeretary of the Senate be authorized to contract for ali the print- ng ordered and to be ordered by this special sew sion of the Senate. That motion was agreed to. Now, then, here we are. Mr. Foote moved to take up a resolution providing for the priating of 15,000 extra copies of the first pert of the Patent ner came off on the 4th. Some two dozen invited | Ewbank wes in his | in this city now for the Presidency than did Gen. | © Office —— of the last year, and for 35,000 extra copies of the second part. Each part makes a vo- lume ot 500 or 600 pages—the whole of this extra job will amount to the printing of 45,000 voiumes. ‘A email profit upon this job would be something ia the lump; but a round profit would make it a splea- did 0 ion. There is a democratic majority in the te. Allow the Secretary discretion to make his bargain where he pleases—and, of cours, he will select Father Ritchie to do the work. Of course, that ie the understanding. It is worth the head of the Secretary to do otherwise. Hon. Truman Smith, however, smelt the rat. He did not like it. There was notelling who was to get this job, or what it was to cost. [t was a looking operation, to say the very best of it. Mr. Foote moved to provide that the cost of the work shall not exceed one-half the prices paid in 1819. This was letting out the whole secret. It was the very bya oe the House resolution for the benefit of Mr. Ritchie. Two motions to lay the subject on the table were defeated, when Mt. Pearce, at whose instance the joiat resolution laid over, presented the case as follows :—~ y printiag belongs either to the thirty-first or thirty-secoad Congress--if 'o the former, it is Fa- ther Ritchie’s under his contract—if to the latter, it belonged to the new contractor; and the Senate must abide by the law. He cited the priating of the pamplet of the decisions of the Supreme Court, at a former extra session, (180 pages and 1,000 copies.) for which Father Ritchie charged $37,000, but finally compromised at $12,500; and did it un- der an interpolation of his contract. Now let him be held to the contract. Even under it, he will realize some $2,000 or $3,000 by this job, Wc. Now, this was bringing the matier into a bad shape for Father Ritchie. His friends saw it, and they saw it was all day with him; and so, upon another motion they caved in, and the subject was laid uponthe table. And so ends the last desperate attempt to help out Father Ritchie and the Union newspaper, 80 ag to keep their heads above water till the next sessionof Congress. Had the original proposition of Mr. Foote and Mr. Borland prevailed, the printing of the extras of the Patent Office re- port would have been equal to an appropriation of $15,000 for the relief ‘of Father Ritchie. But for nearly nine long months he has to wait. He has borrowed $45,000 already, and spent it. Truly, this isa hard cese. Well may the old man sing, ~ But now I am old and feeble, too, And cannot wait any more; Ob! carry me back to Old Virginny, To Old Virginny’s shore.” The correspondence of Mr. Webster, in reference to the Hungarian exiles in Turkey, wiil still fur- ther advance the splendid reputation of our Secre- tary of State, as a steadfast republican American diplomatist. We doubt not this correspondence will be read with great interest by the courts of Austria and Russia. Gen. Foote deserves much credit for the interest he has taken in Kossuth, and his companions in exile. _He has promptly acted fully up to the gestions ot Mr. Webster. Hence we are indebted to Gen. Foete for the resolution authorizing a ship to be detailed from our Mediterranean squadron to bring over the eaid exiles to the United States. The only pity is that Gen. Foote was not half so lucky in his attempts to relieve Father Ritchie. Wasnineton, March 12, 1851. The Unfinished Busuness of the Thirty first Con- gress. {n order to properly estimate the amount of busi- ness completed by Congress at the last session, those measures which were partially acted upon should be known. You have already published a list of the bills passed, and which have become lawa. The following comprise the bills which were reported by the different committees, read twice and printed, but which were not reached in time for tinal action. If they are introduced next session, they will have to undergo the same inves- tigation as it they were new bills :— BILLS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE DURING THE SECOND SEASION OF THE THINTY-FIRBT CONGRESS, WHICH WERE KAPORTED UPON FAYORAULY BY COMMITTEES, READ TWICE, BUT NOT REACHED IN TIME FOR FINAL ACTION, A bill to make good to Missouri the 2 per ceatum of the net proceeds of the public lands heretofore with- held from that Btate. A bill to mdemnify the State of South Carolina for mcney expended tor the United States in the war in Florida with the Seminole Indians. A bill to change the times for holding the criminal court for the District of Colambia. A bill to authorize the President of the United States to select and procure a site for s western armory, and to commence the building thereof. A bill to increase the salary of the Judge of the Cri- minal Court of the District of Columbia. A bill to remit the tolls on the United Btates stoc! purebase thi to make the navigation of raid canal free. A bill to recover money improperly paid by the Executive Department. A bill for the relief of Wm. C. Easton. A bill tor the relief of Charlies Melrose. A bill concerning t! ds reserved for schools in the Territory of Minnesota. A bill to authorize Victor Morass to relinquish cer- kin 4 to tain lands. to enter the same quantity elsewhere. A bill for relief of James Dunning. A bill gr to the States of Arkanses and Mis- ry souri the rig! af wey for. and a portion ot the lands to aid in the construction of a ratiroad from 8t. Louie. in uri. via the city of Little Rock. to some = on river, near the town of Fulton. in the tate of Arkansas. and fore-branch of said road in Arkansas to the Mississippi river. A bill for the relief of Williem A Richmond A bill for the relief of Martha Gray, widow of Capt. Robert Gra: of the Columbia river. A bill to Sarah Crandall. os Wormeley. the provisions of “an act to create ‘eyor General of the Public Lands in . and to provide tor the surve: ms to the settlers of said public rt 27. 1850—apd to make the rame Territory of Utah. A bill for the relief of Benjamin Rush. A bill for the reliet of John P. Brown. A bill for the relief of Robert Jamieson and Benjamin Williamson A bill for the relief of Robert D. Sewall, executor of Rebert Bewall. deceased. A bill for the relief of Wm. P. Greene A bill to grant the right of way to the “ Mississipp! and Atlantic Railroad Company, ’ through the pub! lands ia the State of [ilinois, | on bill to change the title ot certain officers of the | Navy. A bill to continue the pension of Harriet KR. F. — bill for the st t and grading. ke, of square No 249. velomging to the United Btates, in the city of Weebivgton A bill for the relief of Bryan Callachve. A bill to provide for the first settlement of the ac- counts of Jobn jergh. late an assistant paymaster in the army \¢ United Btates s@ the compensation of the district hire. and of the judge of the Uri- istrict of Columbia A bill for the reliet of Don. B. Juan Domereq, & Span- ish subject A bill tor the relief of Lieutenant Commanding Wm D. Porter of United States Navy. A bill supplementary to an act, approved August 10, 184 titled * An act to establish the Smithson! - stitetion for the increase and diffusion of know! among men.’ A bill tor the relief of Harman Blennerhassett and Joseph Lewk nerhassett, beirsot Harman Bien nerharsets, dec ‘ | A bill for the relief of Mary FB. Levely A bill for the relief of Lavinia Taylor. A bill for the relief of Nancy Wright he salary of the principal messenger equalto that of the salaries of of the War Departme a pension to Selly T. Floyd widow of lete a lieuter colonel in the army 4 Staten ing the right of way fer and to sid in the ta lime of telegraph from the Micsiesipp! river to Pacific ocean. A bill for the relief of Emilie Hooe he ying and sale of islands erroneous loca warrants, by actual set tlere on the public land, in certain o A bill tor the relief of Riebard Maokall orize the Post Master General to enter t for the transpertaticn of the mail from the U nited States to Kio de Janeiro, in the empire of ef of John MoArvy ief of John F. Callan administrator wrease the efficiency of the army, by a re- tired list for disabled officers. A bill for the relief of Francis EB. Baden. A bill authorizing the establishment of « line of mail steamers. between Norfolk an aa. to provide for the eeseion to the Btate of Ohio, id remainder of the public lands within the State A bill to lectore and A bill in the construction of « railroad from Martioerilie, by Morgantown, to Franklin, in the State of Indiana A bill to indemnify the mast Ls jl ih r Amistad, and id owners of the tp! “Abii! for the relief of William Brown A bill for the relief of Ubaries Taylor A bill for the relict of the heirs of Kobert White relative to the half-dime. A bill for thy ties of Daniel Wine to regulate the fees and costs to be allowed clerk marrhal, aod attorneys of the circuit and dis. triet courte of the ) nited Btetes, and for other pur. one Fee Til for the relief Of the legal representatives of Wm Armetrong, deceared. late potting superintendent of the Westera Tersitory. ‘Wasninoron, March 12, 1851. The Campaign of ‘S2—Presidential Candidates— General Scott. it the Presidential eempaign has not commenced in due form, sufficient indications already exists, to enable any one to see who the aspirants are. The last three or four days of the session, however, damaged the calculations of some of them, and it is questionable whether they will be able to recover themeelves in time. Notwithstandiog the gyra- tions of General Cass, upon the River acd Harbor bill, he has unquestionably injured his chances; and, moreover, he is in the unpleasant position where any movement, no matter in which way taken, is certain to plunge him still farther in the mire. ‘The prominent candidates on the whig side, are General Scott, Millard Fillmore, Daniel Webster. On the part of the democrats, General Houston, General Case, General Wim. O. Butler. 1 propose at the present time, to speak of but one of these—General Scott. Alnouah as yet heis the only man who has been publicly nominated for the Presidency, and extraordinary efforts seem to have been made to take time by the forelock, still it is a fact well known here, that his nomination does not meet with the hearty approval of the great body of whig representatives recently assemble: the capital. Although no one says much again: it, still among the most clear-headed wire pullers, there existed an ominous silence, far more ex- pressive than mere words. Had General Scott just concluded a glorious war, and been dedly ushered into notice, a. was Gen. Taylor, it is not improbable he might be elected in ’52, by a hurrah ! But the cases are widely dissimilar. General Scott has been known for years to the couatry, as a purely military man, and hi as is his reputation in his profession, glorious as is his name connected with the victories of 1812 end 1847, itis conceded that his reputation as a statesman is just nothing at all. Whenever he has strayed from his legitimate fieli, ne has always failed, One President has been elected upon the smoke of the Mexican war, and the experiment was anything but a happy one. To try a second in succession iz, to use a homely oxpconsions running the thing into the ground. It may be said that Gen. Scott’s want ot judgment as a statesman is no ob- stacle to nis election, because the people will not take time to reflect upon that deficiency, and if they do, why, it can easily be obviated by his selectin; an experienced cabinet. There isa good deal o! truth in this. It was just euch arguments that elected Harrison and Txylor. It may, however, be tried too often; and it must be remembered that there is no excitement existing now, as,there was in both thoge instances. In 1840, the whigs made @ grand rally; they had been out of office for years; they got hold of an old military man, dug him y from the quietude of North Bend, and converte him into a hero; and then, by dint of hard cider, log cabins, and humbug, succeeded in electing him. But it is beyond doubt true that without any of these exertions they could have elected Heary Clay at the same time. In Gen. Taylor’s case, nobody knew anything about him, except that he was @ victorious general, who had been hardly treated by the administration. This very ignorance was fa- vorable, end he was elected, whilst the victories were fresh in the minds of every one. But even if it were possible to galvanize the country into an excitement about Scott, there is one great obstacle in the way of his success. His affinities with the native American party are well knewn—he has never come forward and coafeased his error in desiring to exclude the Irish and Ger- man population from the right to become citizens within a reasonable period; and his treatment ef the priests in Mexico, so much relied upom to | countervail this false step, will amount to nothing. | If he is brought forward, who can doubt but that | his letter would be distributed over every State of | the Union; who does not feel that every stump would resound with calls upon *‘ our adopted fel- | Jow-citizens,” to repudiate a man who had sole maly recorded his enmity to their exercising equal po- | litical rights. And without the votes of our adop- ted citizens what candidate for ‘he Presidency can be elected ? General Scott was nominated by a clique of po- litical charlatans in Delaware last fall. The men who nominated him, are identified with the abol:- tion feeling of the North. They, of course, only seized upon Scott, because they kaew if elected | he would fall into their hands with the same fa- | cility that Gen. Taylor did; and if ~— find his | native Americanism is likely to injure them, they | will desert hum with the same facility they did in | 1840 and in 1548. | tis plain that for two reasons Gen. Scott can- | not be elected. In the first place, the country is | tired of the experiment of electing military men— purely military men, to the Presidency; and in the second place, even if this were not case, his communism with the native American party de- stroys his chances. I will speak of the other candidates in future | lettere, premising that! merely give impressions drawn from close observation of the state of feeling during the past session. | Our Baltimere Correspo..denec. Bacrimore, March 10, 1851. The Kent Cownty Massacre-—Another Arrest— | Medical Licenses — Receptron Preparations -- | Commerce—Parodr, §¢. | The Kent county massacre continues to attract | great attention in this city, and the large rewards oflered for the arrest of the murderers, keep our police quite vigilant. Oa Saturday night, Henry D. | Webster, a brother of William W. Webster, who | is under arrest in Kent county for participating in | the maesacre, arrived in this city on his way to the | Methodist Protestant Convention, of which he is a lay member. Oa Saturday night he stopped at the residence of a relative in this city, named Wood, | when the conversation naturally turned on the maseacre. In the course of the evening, he re- marked, that he did not think his brother Wil- | lem, who is under arrest, knew anything about | the murder, but he thought that his half-brother, Henry Webster, did ‘nis remark was repeated by Mrs. Wood to the wife of her next door neigh- bor; she told her husband; her husband told a police officer, and before 10 o'clock, yesterday moroing, he was committed to jail for exami tion on the charge of being cognizant of, or a par- ticipant ip, the massacre. He will be further ex- amined to-day. The University of Maryland will, to-day, tura outon the community forty-five youag students, fully licensed to kill aud cure. The members of the Independent and Vigilant Fire Companies are preparing for the great parade, which is to take place on the reception of the Americus Company, of New York, on the 30h inst. They have orlered a complement of the fire hats, of New York style, and full equipments of the most substantial character. The number of vessels, exclusive of bay craft, ia | the port of Baltimore, up to the close of last week, ships, 14 barks, 14 brigs, and 34 schooners, untiog in the aggregate to 70, of which num- ber there is bat one up for Californi Marlemoiselle Theresa Parodi has at last ap- pointed Thureday evening next for her (irst coacert in this city, which will be given at the new Assem- tickets $150 each. The programme t concert is quite a brilliant one, and she ted by Signora Amalia Patti, M Signor Avignone, and the Germanic ot: She only anaouaces two coa- d the high character she brings with her rope, reindorsed by the musical critics of the north, will secure her large I perceive that she sings a bird seng that sor what resembles that of Jeany Lio It was th song that enabled Jenny Lind to bring Baltimore captive at her feet | is to be Hauser, Masical ding quite a good business at the Holiday et theatre, considering the fact that we have been rather overdone lately with con. certs, operas, ec. ~ Battivore, March 12, 1861 The Lynching Case in California—Real Extate— | Cormer Stome, § The recent murder and lynching case in Califor- | nia, in which the name of the young man murder. | ed by the desperado who was lynched, was not | given, has been received by our citizens with great Tegret vince the receipt of the mails, which an- nounce that the ‘ictim of the assassin Bowen was Alexander Boggs, of this city, a young man uni- versally respected and esteemed. There are hua- | dreds here who woula have heartily joined with the friends of Mr. Boggs in California, in adminis | tering summary justice on the assassin. | The sale o lands of the Baltimore Real | Fetate and Manufacturing sea O located with- in the western limits of the city, which took place on Monday afierneon < whole of their ground was sold; and, divided into building lots, brovght the sum of $92,000. The whole of this property was purchased in 1835, | besides $35,000 worth sold to the Baltimore and u Ohio Kailroad Company, for the sum of $33,000, | vember. Many important officers are then to be Tins will give some idea of the rate of improve- elected. The re-nomination of Judge Lott for ment of real estate in Baltimore. pag ee a Benjamin Welch, Jr., for Treasurer; | Mr. Randall for Secretary of State—the three who St. Augustine’s Catholic Church of Philade hi ordered of Henry F. Berger, of this c’ ificen |, to cost $1000. The committee exemt I the organs in New York before de- ciding on the builder. The corner stone of the Mechanics’ Institute will be ag yp ae the on is all completed, the work will now progress wit eat ropidity. ‘if Jenny Lind will ne her vith to Baltimore until next fall, we will be able to far- nish her a hall that will seat five thousand persone, AFFAIRS AT THE STATE CAPITAL. solution adopted to elect a United Su participate in the election. with much reason too, that, as the constitution of the United Siates provides for the election of Sena- t time and manner of goi | and by those me! prevailing opinion expressed in letters from overy part of the dered as chief advisers and leaders in the rank’ of was largely attended. The | the locos. | thie State, has reanimated encouraged them in anticipatimg a victory a | were defeated in 1849 ~is generally conceded. Mr. Chatfield will have no competitor for Attorney General. | the present incumbents, and Hunt; but ae they are all so darkly tinetured with Sewardism, and were the means of discharg- election, as they recently did at the local electivne Our Albany Correspondence. Avzany, Mareh 9, 1851. Pledging the Canal Revenues Unconstttutional/y— An attempt to draw Fumds from the Treasury to Send Negroes back to Africa. Jt is now some ten days tince the proposition was made by Silas M. Burroughs, in the House of As- sembly, to pledge the revenues of the State canals for the payment of borrowed money to complete their construction; and up to this time scarcely a newepaper has given ita favorable consideration. On the contrary, many of the most distinguished men of his own party denoncce the project, and characterize it as a measure seeking to do that which the constitution of 1846 intended to prevent. The projeci finds no favor even with those whoare continually urging the more speedy enlargement, and who have heretofore endeavored to accomplish it, even at the hazard of a violation of the finan- cialarticle of the constitution. Mr. B. may be an accomplished politician, but he is no statesman, and while he arrogates to himself the leaderehip of the locos in the House, he should be content with the direction and drilling of the party troops, and not undertake to unseti constitution of the State, the incorporation ef which or upset a feature in the into that instrument many of his party friends la- bored so long, so zealously, and unremittingly to engraft there. He should not, with his limited powers, undertake to evade the strict provisions of the constitution for which Hofiman, Loomis, and their compeers, devoted their best energies to ac- comptiah, ‘hat would be the result should Mr. Bur- rough’s project succeed, and the revenues of the canals become pledged by the Legislature, for the payment of fifteen or twenty millions of principal and interest? Why, the most obtuse intellect must concede, that the State would be bound in equity to refund every dollar of money which in- dividuals might choose to deposit under the bill. And should the revenues fail to furnish any excess over the amount required for the collection, su- perintendence, and ordinary repairs—the annual amounts to be contributed to the sinking fund, and the portion allotted towards the support of the go- vernment—where isthe interest to come from? Directly and poopy from the State treasury, as every reasonable and rational man must acknow- ledge. “there is another feature in this proposition for @ more teeeay enlargement,” which is of vital importance to the mercantile and commercial in- terests. Suppose heavy capitalists, and they must be heavy, eA pompe phase money under the pro- posed bill—su; pose such a combination, of proba- bly thirty millions, having such a powerful interest in the revenues of the canals, should suspect, whether for cause or not, that the revenues might not be sufficient in any one year to meet all the de- mands upon them, would not a conspiracy at once be formed among themeelves by which they could control the tariff of tolls on the canals? Would they not in such an event, constitute a ‘‘power be- hind” the canal board, or even the Legislature, which might requre the moral ferce of tne people of this great State for many years to overcome ? One of the most remarkable propositions ever introduced in the Legislature, is a bill presented by Mr. L B. Ward, a whig member of the House of Assembly, from the city of New York. It is asking for an appropriation of forty thousand dol- lars from the State Treasury, for the purpose of transporting negroes to Liberia. It proposes to take twenty thousand dollars during the present begs and the same eum in the subseuent year, to F. laced in the hands of the New York state Co- lonization Society, under the superintendence of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Comptroller and Attorney General of the State. Such is the substance of i The Colonization Society, proper, is undoubtedly a highly commendable institution, and embraces mong its members many of the most worthy, charitable, and distinguished citizens of this State, the Hon. Amon G. Phelps being now is President. It hae drawn large and liberal contributions from the wealthy and philanthropic in every portion of the State and Union, and its charides have been dispensed in a manner which have tended greatly to administer happiness and contentment to an ua fortunate race of beings. The society has quietly and modestly sent many willing persons to a coun- try where their color is respected, aud where they enjoy es | and other privileges in common with all of their race. 1ts members are spread all over this broad State, and it embraces among 1:8 members the pious and the ungodly, the Coristian and the infidel. Its charities are dispensed withian no circumscribed limits; and on either side of Ma- eon and Dixon’s line, and equally on the banks of the Mlesissippi and the Hudson, are the blessings of the institution extended. It has the confideace of the American people to a very liberal exteat. But this attempt to draw from the treasury ot the State, the means for sending negroes to Africa, is @ measure which will not be approved by the peo- ple, and should not be sanctioned by the Legisia- ture. It is to be hoped, for the honor of the Colon- ization society, that no application of the kind has been made by it. The moment it dispenses with voluntary contributions and resorts to the expedient of filling its coffers from the public treasury, to which the people contribute for the support of their government, it then loses its distinctive characier- istic features of charity. It may be that some of the inferior officers of the society may have influ- enced the Honerable Mr. Ward in making this attempt to draw the sum of forty thousand dollars from the treasury, but that the society as a body os — any such attempt, is scarcely to be be- lieved. Is there any power vested in the Legislature un- der the constitution, to make such an appropria- tion? Do the Legisiatare poss-ss the authority to make such a donation ?_ Ther: i+ no power given the Legislature to contribute the funds of the peo- ple for ayy omg! and it is very much doubted pobre pal a sufficient number of \otes can ~~ tained. Au March 10, 1851 A New Move on the Political Chessboard— Recent and Prospective Elections The Democracy De- lighted with the Course of one of their Papers Arrangements having become nearly pertected, another attempt will shortly be made to elect | United States Senator, by a different method than has ever heretofore been done. Finding that no law can be passed assigning a time, notices have been givea in both branches of the Legislature, that appheation will at some future day be made, 10 suspend the joint rules of the Senate and As sembly. The rules can be suspended by a majority of members present; which can be done any mo- ment in the House, and in the Senate whenever Mr. Beekman may be abseat. The object isto adopt a resolution designating a day when both branches shall mingle promiscuously im the As- sembly Chamber, and elect Mr. Fish to the United States Senate. The attempt will be made the first momeut an opportunity shall present itself, and the whigs of the Senate can tee their way cl Should the joint rales be suspended Senator in such manner, every locofoco of both Houses would protest against the proceeding, and refase to They will urge, aad ‘ors by the Legislatures of the States, and as the Legislature ls composed of twe branches, the Se- and House of Assembly, therefore the same on is required to pa jaw designating the nto such election, as is taken to enact any other law. The locos will argue, thet by mingling both bodies together, and m™m the members of the two Houses into a ™ meeting, all legislative action is dispensed with and, therefore, the provisions of the Uaited States conetitution disregarded. The question of the election of a Senator, under such a method y will be carried to the Senate of the (nited States; and if it shall there be shown, that the election shall be illegal, then, for the first time in the history of this nation, will a Senator be denied admission to a . The opposition in neither branch will contribute mite towards settling this question during the — seasion, solely because it politcal duty or the whigs to accomplish alone, if they can. Should a single democrat make any advance to- wards ting the whigs, he wou'd at once be “spotted.” But still they all desire that a Senator should be chosen before the end of the session, ax it would remove the only element of discord which is likely to exist at the next election. Tha is the tate, id by men, too, who are consi. The unexpected and wonderful results of the recent elections in the central and westem eities of demo o- The whigs will bring forward | probabl, Mesers. aller, Morgan, ing every friend of Mr. Fillmore from the exnala, 8 A matter of tolerable certainty that the silver reyes are prepared to retaliate at the next State in Buffslo, Rochester, Oswego, Syratie:, Trey, &e. Daring the day, yesterday, at the several hotels, there was much rejoicin. the democratic brethren, because th 1g Atlas news) i- per appeared on Saturday evening, without the ce- Jebrated ‘corner stone.” It has appeared at the head of its editorial columns between three and four years, to the great discornfiture of the hunker order. It has been dispensed with very quietly. without a why or wherefore, and laid aside silent- ly, peaceably, and willingly. The two wings con- gratulated themselves at the event, and all conaid- ered it an omen of certain harmony and consequent victory. They all agreed it should have been omitted from the paper the moment California was admitted and the locriory of New Mexico formed. Some apologist remarked that there was e ne~ cessity for keeping it at the mast head of the free soil organ, for fear that the Jowrnal would adopt it as the Seward motto, and thereby steal all the barnburner thunder. Others, equally rabid, de- clared that it ough! to remain as the motto of the party until a modification or repeal of the fugitive slave law was eflected. Avvany, March 12, 1551. The Legislature about Visiteng the City of New York—Their Proposed Movements, §c. §. The Legislature of the State of New York were yesterday invited by Daniel Drew and Isaac Newton, to visit the commercial metropolis, and teke free passage, with accompanying extras, on board one of the people’s line of steamers: Neithe™ Houee have yet officially decided whether or not to accept the invitation, although members iadividu- * ally, nearly to a man, state that they are in favor of the proposition. The Hudson River railroad conveyed the last Legislature to the city, after the adjournment, and feasted them right plentifully at the Astor House. But it was done after the adjournment of the ses sion, and whenno reciprocal favor could be ex- tended. The present invitation has been given earlier in the sesgion, and although tendered ia the name of the proprietors of the people’s line of steamers, it is acknowledged that the mem- bers ef the Common Council of the city of New York instigated the movemeat. Com mittees of both houses will be appointed to couter in making the necessary preparations on board the steamer, and also in the city of New York; and ic is very likely that the ** congregated wisdom of the State” will embark for the city on Thursday eve~ ning of next week, arrive early the next morning, and etand prepared to be escorted through the city- They will, of course, be invited to visit many of the ublic institutions, such as the Deaf and Damb, the lind, the Orphan Asylum, House of Refuge, and all the eights on Blackwell’s and Ward’s islands. ‘any of the honorables will be delighted in visiting the State arsenal, in order to ascertain whether Gen. Lee’s fifteen or twenty thousand dollar de~ mand to complete the building is requisite. Others will take a trip over to the navy yard and the mig- nificent Atlantic docks, on the Brooklyn side. The ocean steamers will be visited, the ship yards on the last river, andthe unrivalled Novelty, Allaire, and Morgan works, up in the Eleventh ward. Then egain, others, poseessing a taste for observing: the progress in science and art, will spend an hour or two in witnessing the wonders of New York Herala pricting establishment and lightning prees, from whence emanates, semi and tri- daily, the collected intelligence from all parte of this nation and the whole globe, and: dif- fused to the hundred thousand readers of that paper with the speed of newsboy locomotion rail- road and steamboat velocity, to every quarter of intellectual creation. Then, again, to catch a glimpse of the “elephant” by gas light, some will attend the free lectui others proceed to the Ta- bernacle, to witness the appearance of city piety; others, again, will preist the legitimate drama, as it is “done” at the Broadway; or inquire for “ Dombey & Sor,” at Burton’s; ori David Copper- field,” at Brougham’s; or “* The Rose of Sharon,’” i r‘* The Wizzard of the Wave,” 1 The abolition members will in- quire for Christy’s or Fellow’s opera houses; while many of the sedate and sober-eided, from the rural districts, will wander along the Bowery, in search of * ground and lofty tumbling,” at the Amphithea~ tre. So, as“ variety is the spice Of life,” it is cer- tain that the honorables will enjoy themselves Tight heartily, if, by some unlucky mishap, they are not permitted to penetrate too far iato the inte- nor of Alderman Kelly’s Sixth ward. The greea ‘uns should be particularly advised, aad strictly guarded, in relation to this portion of the * ele~ phant’s” dominions i The honorable members and their horde of at- tachés, will not be very particular whether the | over dinner comes off either at the Astor or the tving, provided the substantial portion of the en— tertainment is not delayed beyond elevea, P. M. The honorable eommittee of the Common Coua- cil should take this fact into consideration. Now, as there are many appropriations required from the State, in conducting the institutions of the city, literary and benevolent, re: ly through the ensuing year, and for which the first dollar has. not yet been contributed, it is all important that members should make a personal inspection of al! which it is desirable to ussist. Colleges, acada- mies, orphan jume, lunatic asylums, houses of refuge, and so on, ere being annually erected ia meny of the interior cities and villages, and for most of which donations are required. Besides there ie yearly a rivalry extending wider and deep- er between the great city and couatry, which has advanced so far, that donations are rarely obtained for city charities unless a system of log-rolling ix entered into, so as to secure an equal amount for the country objects. Therefore, let the fathers of the State be enter- tained, feasted, lionized and provided for with the accustomed liberality of the le Gotham- ites. It will form a precedent for future years, and: may contribute} materially in deciding the question now considerably egiteted, that the State capital ean never be removed to Utica or Syracuse. The Late Tragedy in Maryland. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. (From the Kent (Md.) News, March 8.) Since our last issue no very new or important developements have been made in regard to the foulest and most barbarous murders on record, ex- cept the arrest and committal to prison, on suspi~ cion, of several persons. Miss Webs'er, who it was feared, was mortally wounded, died on Satur- day night—the negro woman it is thought will re~ cover. The negro boy to whom we alluded in our last, had left home about a half hour before the fermenetion of the deed—a small negro girl, be longing to Dr. Frazier, was present, and escaped to small negro hut, near by. The negro woman, wen War ee her wounds, and bleeding as she wes, was the first to give the alarm to i. Crouch, Eeq. I: appeers that Mr. Coaden had just finished his supper and turned to the fire, when he wae shot Mrs. Cosden, who was indisposed, was sitting or. nes See in the same room, and Miss ©. was at the able. Atter shooting Miss Cosden, and the escape of Mre. C. into the yard, where she was shot, the monster, who seemed to have a knowledge of the house, 4 went by Miss Webster's room. The little daugh- ter of Mr. Cosden, age fourteen years, infer her mother had run, also run crying inte Miss Webster's room, who. it is said, on hearing the firing below, Jumped from her bed and secreted herseit in a closet, but the cries of the little girl for her aunt, induced her to leave, fasten her door, and throw herself into her bed. The demon burst open her coor, and upon entering demanded her money— the implored him to spare her life and to take alt the money that she had, whch was in her trunk — he took the trank out into the passage and ex- amined it, taking out all of here lothing, but her money (400) he missed, and then returning to the room, set the quilt on fire, and shot four or five luge i her a and lungs. _ He then took the child, which was crying, cursed it,and threw it on the bed. He Tetereed to the scene of blood below, where finding Mr. Cosden, not quite dead, he stamped him in the face,and told him wich an oath to stop. The poor fellow, with several balis in his body and stabs upon his person, crawled under bis bed, and remained there till ae- sistance came from the neighbors. O:her marks of violence were found on the pereon of Miss Gosden, and the stab in her neck, alone, it is supposed. would have extinguished lite in afew moments. On Sunday the four corpses were interred at the feme time—the excitement drew together a con- fae people, who were shocked and appalled at The carpet, fleor, beds, &c , are saturated with blood, and even now, the stoutest heart cannot look vpon the scene, without a starting tear There was © report in the neighborhood, and in Delaware, that Mise Webster had from $400 to $300 in cash. Money was the motive, and some one acquainted with the premises must have had an agency in the bloody tragedy. Fine at Newrort, R. 1.—The new stone ho belonging to Mr Van Allen, of New York, red ted about one mile south of the compact part of the town, was entirely deetroyed by fire this morning, between Land 2 o'clock. The fire was too much under way, when it was discovered, for the fire- men to save it. The building cost abvut $10,000, aud was insured for $6,000. About $700 worth of Grrpenter’s tools were also = i sree +H burned.—Nerwport News, eliberately took a candle in his hand ai Fine at Matanzas.—By the arrival at Norfolk of the schooner Louisa and Margaret, from Ma- tanzas, we learn that a fire broke out at that place on the 234 ult., and between twenty-five and thirty houses were destroyed. All the Americans in port were pressed by the Governor to assi« extia vishing the flames. On the day after, he pub: hed acard returning thanks to them for their werviers ~ Phil, Inquirer, March ll.