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AFFAIRS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, Our Washington Correspondence. Wasnineron Orry, March 16, 1551. ‘The Southern and Northern Democracy Uniting. I stumbled in, last evening, on a number of the young democracy, (from nearly all the States of | crived the idea of establis! the Union,) who were having a jolificetion at the National Hotel. The probabilities of South Caro- lina seceding from the Union being under diacus- sion, one of the party, celebrated as the shrewdest politician in the country, offered the following | sentiment :— ‘ “ The best commissioners to South Caro)ina— ‘The union of the Unio and the Press,—The sje o- tion of Douglas and Hunter President aad Vice- President of the United States.” ‘The toast was drank three times three, with the wildest enthusiasm. Amongst those preseat, | noticed the editors of the Southern P, ess, Fisher De Leon, also Major Donelson, the (new edi- ej the Union. “From what L saw, it could not be inferred that there was any organization for Douglas and Hunter; but from the manaer in which the sentiment was received, it proved clear- ly to my miad that the great democratic party are Jeoking about for a candidate, and that they will eertainly wnite on some such ticket. Gen. Houston is much spoken of here for the Presidency, but | have heard no suggestion as to the Northern man likely to be associated with him. Snould Houston earry Ohio, as the probabilities are that he will, at the May convention, Gen. Cass will be abandon- ed, and the North Western stalls, it is thought, will bring forward Douglis. Youne AMERICA. Wasrineton, March 18, 1851. The Presidential Question— The Chances— Some of the Candidates—Party Tests Your editorial o{ yesterday has been the subject of much conversation here in Washiagton, andthe correctness of your views generally admitted to chstone of ‘The River and Harbor bill was th democracy. Had it passed the Sen e shape it which it came from the House, wi t dotting an i, or croesing & ¢ Mr. Clay desired it should pase, the democratic per'y would have been de- moralized, dissolved, annihilated for the next weuty years, and tae Lord himself only kaows what would have become of the Union. Gen. Cars acd Mr. Dougiss, as you very properly re- mark, caw whither the vessel was drifting, aad, with great wisdom and patriotism, called all hands on deck, and wore ship. Gea. Cass acted a3 cap- taio, and Senator Douglas as first- mace. western democrats who, in the eagerness to tm- prove our Western Mediterranean—the lakes aad the Miseissippi—were likely to forget the more dis- fant prospects of harmony and peace to the whole Union is, perhaps, human; but that democratic Southern Senators should have been found fighting the battle of internal improvement, on the log roll- ing principle, is humiliating inthe extreme. Mr. Borland tought for a paltry improvement in the Arkansas river, with a tesacity which sadly conirasted with his precivitate flight from Washington, after he had committed himseif st the Compromise. I! seems as if Mr. jand were equally unhappy in bis attempts at special or sectional legislation, and that hig influence in the Senate is very little above zero. Had the bill which he was advocating, and to which he was willing to sacrifice the South, the democracy, and the Union, passed, Mr. Borland would, in all probability, have presented himself 40 the people of ais State, with a jewel in his mouth ‘worth fif'y thousand dollars, (the item allowed in the bill for the improvement of the Arkansas river,) which m:ght have dazzled them 80 much as to overlook his other indiscretions ; but no Southern Senator wes willing to follow, or even approach Mr. Borland, except his colleague, and Mr King, the President of the Senate, reminded Mr. Borland distinctly, that he need only go a step further to be Sg out of the pale of the democratic party. ie River and Harbor bill is the basis of the new democratic platform, and with sound views om the compromise, in all its details, will be em- | bodied into the national democratic creed. As a substitute for the River and Harbor appropriatioas, at will be laid down, &s a maxim, that the States ought to have the power to lay a tonnage duty for the improvement of their own rivers and harbors. An attempt of that sort was made by Mr. Robert McLane, of Baltimore, on the lust day of the ses- sion, but it failed by a strict party vote. It will, no doubt, be repeated at the next session. {t ought to be observed here, that Gen. Houston, whom some of the fishy democrats ot the North are secretly favoring for the Presidency, has completely disap peinted the Wentworths, the Binghams, the Durkies, the Wilmots,&c. He may be disposed to oppoe the ultras of the South, but he has no idea of gratifying his free soil friends at the North, by voting large appropriations for rivers and har- bors The fact ie, party lines will be drawn more ttrietly at the next Congress, than they have been at apy period since the pissage of the compromise meesures ; end you may rely on it, strict party no- minations will be je in 1852. The Southera democrats, as you very ehrewdly observe in your editorial yesterday, do not claim the honor of the agen They know that a Northern man is more likely to assure Northern risks for Southern favor or popularity than a Southern maa, who, from bis geographical position, is much more likely to look to the North for popularity. What the Senate claim is, that a Southern ultra—of course ene who shail not be positively committed against the Union—shali be the Vice Presidential candi- date, that the Northern candidate for the Pre- vidency shall not be connected or found tamperiag with the free soilers. If the Northera Presidential eandidate should happen to be a man wholly com- Mitted to the South, then a Soathern ultra would make the ticket weak atthe North; but if any un- exeeptionable Northern democrat (that is, unex- ceptionable at the North) could be yoked with a | Southern ultra for the sake of harmony, | predict | that either Butler, of South Carolias, or Hunter, of Virginia, will be the next Vice Presidential candi- The five or six Northern candidates from which the President is to be choeen, are Casa, Woodbury, Buchanan, Dickinson, Dallas and Douglas. As to General Houston, he would, no doubt, be very etrong before the people of the North, and make the best hurrah candidate of ail But his candidac li suited to the variou Tangements of politicians, and to the position in whic! country is now placed. All that the i Votars want, is 4 candidate who carries it; party discipline, party principles, and nities must do the rest. I propose to dis- ch of the promisent candidates, in the order in which | have named them T Wasurneton, March 16, 1851 The Case of Commodore Jones--The Conduct of the Secretary of the Navy—Bx-Secretary Marcy and General Scott i sent you, some tme ago, the senteace and findings im the case of Commodore Ap Catesby Jones. That gentleman has, in consequence, pu> lished @ statement in jus‘ification of his conduct, and calling in question the proceedings of the court, and reflecting upon the Secretary of the Navy for permitting the sentence to be published before the President had an opportunity of inves tigating the matier. Justice to the Seeretary de- macés that | should repeat that he declined to | proiulge the sentence, but, of course, he had no wer to decline permitting @ copy of it to be made le approved the sentence; and the pu had aright to be informed what it was. As for the President investigating the matter, Commodore Jones knowes that the law gives the power of ap- proving or disapprovieg the ee: where it does not extend to a dismiseal from the service, tothe Secretary of the Navy; and tnat the President has nothing to do with it By the way, there is rather a singular circum- stance in the life of Commodore Jones which pre- sents a striking coincidencejin all b clusion to the preeent care pureer of the navy was tried by which Commodore Jones was | ficer. The court fownd the charger; but, at nestogees a letter commenting w court. Commodore Jones complained that this was a reflection upon the honor of its member nd at his instance the purser was broken for it A writer in the Uniom wishes to vintiente the truth of history. A paragraph ts going the rounds, giving aa account or the reconciliation of (ener. Seott and Governor Marcy, at a party in thie city, few weeks since. The + aph says, that in the course of the evening, Mr. Marcy, in reply toa complimentary toast, eaid, that all the honor which attached to him was received in consequence of the reflected light of the brilliant deeds of General Scott, eo. it d that he saidso. He merely, ae a modest jisclaimed any merit his own, and his reputation was but the re- flected brilliancy of others, meaning, of course, the administration of which he was a member. This = I have reason to know, is the true Farsi Warne Froves Tan — Sart Waren.—The lead Cochituate at there should have been Western and North- | tence of the court, | ruck amreqea'e | seteboye wth ue oi taken | time to the favorit: ; Affcixe ot the Kew Work State Capital, OUR ALBANY CORKESPONDENCE Ausany, Mareh 17, 1851. The New Yortsand Natronal Law School at Bale tom Spa. Sometwo years since, Mr. J. W. Fowler con- hing @ school for the He obtained ag at Ballstoa, practical ins‘ruction ef law s: possession of # commodiou Sardtoga, well knows as the us Souci Hotel, wher@he opened his school. The great popularity which it has elready obtained has iadaced severay of the most distinguished legal gentlemen, ia this pert of the State, 'o unite themselves as a Board of Trustees, and solicit from the Legislature an act of ipeorporation. Among those names, are Judges Paker, Paige, Willard, Harris, Buel, aad Messrs. Samuel Stevens, Amoa R. Hadley, late Speaker of the House of Assembly, and maoy others of equal celebrity and legal attainments. ‘The bill for the incorporation ot this school has just become a law, by which the iastitution is placed im the hands of the Legislature, to be coa- trolled by the aforesaid Board of Trustees. This board, itis eaid, will at once enter upoa the dis- charge of their appropriate duties, and with zeal and perseverance labor to place it upom aa emi- nence of the highest character ; and, among others, is the granting of diplomas to such young studeats who may be able to undergo an examination be a committee of the trustees. [t is contemplated to make large additioas to the library, and to increase the corps of professors, The institution will thus be placed on a high and permanent basis, and ia civeumptances that will secure it the universal coa- fidence of the public. Like all other mew enter- prizes, it has heretofore, especially in the early stage of its existence, been compelied to coatend against many difficulties and em>arrassmen’s ; but its condition is now such as to warrant the in- dulgence of the most sanguine hopes in ite dehalf. Itis founded upon esseatially a new principle. It assumes that the legal professioa, like all others, has an art to be acquired by practice as well as a ecience to be understood by study, viz., the prose- eution of suits, the trial of causes, and the habit of easy, correct, aad extemporaneous speaking. That this latter ie essential to any desirable success, and that it should, as in al! other pursuits or trades, be acquired before the profession is eatered. What would be thought of the operative at the printing business, for instance, woo should spend the whole of his preparatory course in reading the mere theory of lus art, and then, without ever having touched a type,or a prees, should offer himself for employment asa master of hisart! And yet, this is precisely the course of the legal student prepared in the ordinary way. He presents himself to the public as a tryer of causes, and an extempore speaker, (in which the chief power and glory of the profession con sists,) without ever having made a solitary effort towerd the formation of those mighty and difficult habits The system of the above institution 13 de- signed to remedy these difficuities, and the appal- ling embarrasements under which the law student is placed, when he enters his professi by a long and strict course of training, not only in the science of law, butin the practice—in the trial of causes, the contention of pleadings, and the important art ef off-hend oratory. Another important advantage to the student in attending this practical law school, isthe kaow- ledge which he will there obtain, whether or not his talents are fitted for that profession. His capa- city wili there be put to the test, and his ownex- perience, while in combat with mind, skili and in- dustry, will teach him whether he is fitted to eater a profession of so arduous and hazardous a nature. The manner of manufacturing lawyers, by which so many mistake the natural turn of their talents, should be abandoned, and those who hereafter in- tend to try the experiment, should put themselves under the tutilage of Professor Fowler, at Baleoe Spa . Correspondence. New Ortzans, March 9, 1851. Jenny Lind in New Orleans—Her Last Concert-- Third Trial of Ex Governor Henderson. §c. The great feature which marked the close of the week was Jenny Lind’s ‘second last concert.” Her, said to be the last concert, was given on Fri- day night, 7th inst , to a very brilliant house, but not equal to the first night, although some of the press here will have it that “ it surpassed anything before or since.” She was to have left yesterday, but as the steamer Magnolia, on which she is to depart, was not ready, she was advertised to sing again last night. The prices of seats were re- duced a little, and the auction humbug dispensed with, 12 orderto insure a full house. The thing did not take, however, and although the house was very fair, there were fewer present than on auy former night. There were no standees, and many seats in the dress circle, and elsewhere, were va cant. To use the language of a friend, “the house was not so crowded but that you might heve ran a wheelbarrow through it.’ She was more clegantly dressed last night than I have yet seen her. She wore a mag- nificent rich figured lace, over a soft blue sil low-necked dress, with short sleeves, and wide blue and white figured waist ribbon, fal in front, and nearly touching the hem of her d On her neck she wore a smail gold croas, set with diamonds, and a large pin of brilliants in the bosom of her dress. Her hair was dressed plein, parted in the middle, with falling rolls at each side, and with a cherry and blue head dress Oa each wrist she wore a large gold, open- worked bracelet, over ared velvei msband. In her waist belt was displayed @ gold medallion, suspended by a slight goid chain. I am sorry | have not a milliger girl ut my elbow, to assist me io Cage gar fair read- trs @ more perfect description enay’s dress; but as bachelors are not supposed to know any- thing of ladies’ apparel, they will, of course, ex- cuse me. The duet which she sang with Bellet, arranged on Tyrolean airs, was the sweetest thiag l have ever yet heard her sing, and she was rap- turously encored, — After Jenny retire Our Hew having finished her last song, she was enthue ally called for; when re-eppearing, she bowed again and again to the eudience, and left the stage amid loud muzzas, and the waiving of hats and handkerchiefs. Barnum wes then culled for, and after some delay he ap- prouched the foot lights, and thanked the au- dieace for the kindness they had evinced toward him. In behalf of the Nightugale, he desired to express for her the heartfelt gratitude tained towards the people of New Orleans. Her success here had been most triumphant, and her success in this city had never been equalled by any other occasion ia any partof the world. He would take this occasion to state, that the propri- ety end decorum which had characterised the au- dience dui Miss Lind’s engagement here, was highly gratifying to him, and was an evidence of the high tone and refinement which so distiagaisbed the people ef New Orleans. Afier a few more ap- propriate remarks the curtain dropped, and thus closed the * second last concert” of Jenny Liadin New Orleans. As Jenny doesnot travel on Sunday, she will not leave here uatil to-morrow. She stops one night at Natchez, to give the Mississippans a taste of her music, and thea goes to Memphis, and from there to St. Louis A gentleman who spent half an hour with Jenny, the other day, told me that she conversed remarka- bly well, and said tha: the couatry about Wash- ington city much resembled her native country of Sweden, and that most of the couatry which she had seen in the United States, had pul her ia mind EEE OOO EEE eae eR RRR RRRERIRRRREEREERERRERnAIREEES a “acamenmemiamteet —— case, and decide oa the relative merits of the pre- ‘claims of the A few days ago, in accordance with the sum- meas of one of our courts, a large number of the musi¢iabs, music men, venders of musical ia mei pane taakers, and professors im the ar: peared before the blind 88 to give eviden” a case in which one Capt. Eden, a resident of the Grand Caymans, in the West ladies, in asveet but rrelancholy strain, claimed $750 of one Par- sons, of piano-notoriety, for the loss of a grau rosewood piano of Collard & Collard’s make, Lm don, which was destroyed here by the great coall gration of the 17th February, 185). ne testi ny in regard to the value of the piano was auy- thing but harmonious. It was proved that the verse! which had brought over the pitino from London, had been wrecked at the GraodCaymaas, a place inhabited by lovely sea-nymphs. who, robed in samite green, with Wreaths of coral and sea shella, crowning their fair brows, lure captains by their fascinatione, to wreck their vessels there. The piano had once been tuned for the lovely Mieses Reymond, who wished to use it at a cou- cert, but the piano would not stand ia tane, and 19 the languege of the witness, “it became si and worse, every time he tried it.’ On the o! hand the piano was proved to be worth $1,000, aad the evidence of the different professors, and musi- cal gentlemen on the art and science of music, aad msical instruments, was very amusing, and afforded great merriment to the court. The blind goddess, however, has not yet rendered a de- cision. The third trial of ex-Senator Henderson resulted, as I predicted, in another mistrial. The jury stood eleven for acquital, and one for conviction. After being kept out all night, and there being no proda- hi of their agreeiog on a verdict, the jury was discharged. The District Attorney, Mr. Hunton, then entered a nolle prose: in Henderson’s case, and the cases also of General Lopez, Governor Quitmep, General Gonzales, Judge C, P. Smith, Cols. O"Hara, Pickest, Wheate, and Bell, an Mojors Smith and Hawkins, and Captain Lewis, the late commander of the Creole, and they were consequently discharged. Thus has ended the great farce of the Cuba expedition. The govern- ment has acted wieely. | think, in not having pro- secuted the matter further. By its course, it has shown to other nations that no breach of the laws of its neutrality will be permitted togo unpunished, even when committed by its citizens; and the eads “iG he opinion was such, that a conviction could not be had in this case, it was well to have discharged the accused. Having exhausted the subject of Jenny Lind and the trial of John Henderson, I hope hereafter to give your readers something more entertaining. ORPHEUS. Oar Baltimore Correspondence, Bavtimore, March 13, 1851. Sketches of the Candidates for High Sheriff —The Congressional Election, §c. We observed, a few day pacity of High Sheriff of the Monumental City. Col. Wm. H. Cole. of Naval Officer, under Mr. Polk, in place of Col. steady opponent ot the Fourth ward whigs. commenced his career as editor of the old Balti- more Republican, which he conducted with some little tact ; an original Jackson man ; he received the appointment of Naval Officer, which he held until President Taylor sent him as Resident Mini- ster to Constantinople, where he remained until called home by President Taylor. Col. Wm. P. Mills, an old defender of the city in | pill; but there may be elements introduced which the war of 1812; @ very clever man in his way; @ | may bring about very different results. At preseat, tailor by trade, and possessed of an inordinate de- | the bill looks as if it would certaialy pass. sire to ae some office; some years ago he at- Considerable feeling has been manifested re- tempted the mayoralty of the city, but was de- ng the management of the public works of feated ; he is tolerably well to do in the thi e canal commissioner, and with the view to re- this world ; some doubt his consistency a: crat. Thomas O. Sollers, a politician of the Van Burea school; cuaning and wary; has just been relieved of the trouble of being warden of the city and county jail; he commenced his representiag the Fourth ward in the councils of the city; next in the City Collector’s office; thence, by the exertions of his friend, Mr. Vansant, clerk in the Post Otfice; thence clerk of the jail, and finally warden of the same ; he is a hatter by occupation, but never has wrought at his profession. Chas. B. Green, also an aspirant, isa grozer, of some repute, (represented to havea ‘pile,”) in Old Town. A very respectable citizen, benevoleat to a fault, but is, as yet, too young a democrat to be inducted to the shenffalty. * Old John 8,” a8 he is familiarly styled, is @ painter by > di wished for his in- ssion, ing flexible adherence to, and activity in, the demo- cratic party. A warm friend to Col. Turoer in the last campaign. Chances are in his favor. Jonn Thompson Lawe, some years past cleric to the High Sheriti, bas opinions similar to the off- cials at by loar age who imagine that nothiog can be done by folks other than themselves. He is also engaged in the jewelry business, in an exten- tive house on Baltimore sireet. He is suspected of log rolling with Louis Servary,a whig candidate. Capt. Thomas Muilia, at present Deputy Sheriff under Cloud—e fine old man—of rather doubtful consistency asa democrat. Formerly was Captain of |the Night Watch, whence he derives has been for many years in the Sheriff's Office. Lambert 8. Norwood, a young man of euergy, possessed of great intriguing powers; a great favo- Tite with the women; at present in the Stamp Office; & strong and warm friend of Col. Gitting’s, in the atorial contest last year. It is uaderstood, er, that Mr. Norwood contemplates with- drawing. Theophilus Dobler, also a roe pe German ing and importing , has alwa: been ac we In the cause of his party ; has repre- sented his ward in the city councils, having been elected without opposition. Chairman of the Exe- cutive Committee of the Democratic Convention, the maneuvering of which resulted in the enormous majority of 2,752 for Gov. Lowe in this orge H. Dutton, Pish (nepector General, and proprietor of a es house on Pratt street. This gentleman has many friends, but as the majority of the democracy deem one office to be sufficient for a time, it is likely that he will be * over- slaughed.” Basil Koot, at present Justice of the Peace, a burly, good humored gentleman; but | am not sufficien ly acquainted with his history to speak confidentially about him. He enjoys some popu- larity in the West Ead. I have now given you a short sketch of all, as near as I can recollect, of the aspirants on the democratic party, and shall, hereafter, give you an idea of the wire pulling and junketing of the dif- feren: parties. We have, also, a Congressional election the coming fall, and the factions are already moving in the matter. The contest lies, so tar, betweea our representative in the last Congress, Robert M. Mc- Lane, and Wm. Pinkney Whyte, « youag lawyer, man, clerk in bro a and nephew of Campbell P. Whyte, of your city. There is fun ahead. * Seursx. Bavrimone, March 13, 1851 The Case of General Chaplin—Forfeit of Bail— Methodist Church Trowbles--A Serious Case-- Parodi, &. A letter from Ellicott’s Mills, where the Howard District Court is ia session, at which Gen. Chaplia of her own. She spoke of her countrymen, as being the proudest on the earth. When asked if she had seen the country on the Had- fon river, rhe said no, but supposed that it could not be equal to that of the Raine. When told it surpaesed it, she said she must see it first to judge. It ie said there is a cordiality of feeling about her which reassures you afiera while, and io parting, she convinces you by a warm shake of the hand, that her apparent abruptness, is only her natural manner, and intended to »e frankness. Komor has it here, that she is certainly engaged to Bellettii Jenny Lind has —— caused more money to be spent in New Orleans, by planters, merchants, and their wives and daughters, during her stay here, than has probably been spent in the same time before for years. {t is estimated, that for Uckets, gloves, dresses, dry s, all kinds of wares, goode, and groceries, and frolicking, which includes all sors of extravagancies, no leas thana million of dollars has been distributed in the city. itis not to be wondered at then, in these days of the cultivation of vocal and instrumeatal masie, when Jenny Lind, Parodi, and Devries, by their intoxicating and rapturous song, and Wallace, Ole Bul), Kyle, Burke, and others by their extraordi- mery instrumental performance, have turned the world music mad—when little girle are taught to play on the piane, and sing, before they are taught their a-b-e—when gentlemen at the dinner table, unmindful of their empty stomachs, beoome ab- stracted in trying to whistle an from the last opera, or to imitate Jenny Lind’s *‘ Mountaineer” seng—when clerks and barbers at nial: disturb the hood in afl» ti» ‘0 imitate Belletti— when late for castanets, keep ye by the bands of the Saves no further use for it. A section of | horse-operae, and ob girls, called stroliiog pipe Jay in the 1, 36 feet below | minetrele, with — ie df gat such melodirr as, the surface, when taken out was found filled “ Oh, Susannah, don’t yo | cry,” accompanied by frozen solid. How is this accounted for? A voice resembling © «seu +f saw going throw « ee ee Tt to us | knotty piece of ti —it © mor to be wondered at, a wegular; science ex it satie- | Loay, in thisera | © sic, ‘hat the blind godde. factorily — Bostom "Merch J » Sbould bo: selec tote I'sen to @ nvusic had given bail to appear and answer to the indict ments against hi nounces that his name was yesterday thrice called, and no response being made either by him or his counsel, his bail, to the amount of $19,000, was declared forfeited to the State. As the oflence for which he is indicted, or at least one of them, that of resisting and firing on the officers, is an indictable offence in all the northern States, application will be immediately made to Governor Lowe for a requisition for his arrest. The money is understood to be on deposit in one of the banks of this city, though John H Ebler and George H. Williams appear nominally on his bon ‘The Hibernia supper last night, wis more than usually weil attended, and the sentimenis, songs and speeches abougded with patriotism and good feeling. The annual appointments of the Methodist Epis- copal Conference was published this morning, and there is grert dissatiefaction expressed by many of the church members e8 to the ministers for their reepective church They complain that out of the two hundred preachers in the conference, about forty of them are itineratiog ia and arowad Baltimore, instead of a regu! ir euccession ef mini tere being furnished them The qu a ting power seems to be, not or acceptability of the appointrnent, ther a certain church ean support a pr tenoradozer chilaren. Th the c are sore we lthy than thore ©, wey are generally « he lervat families of ‘c those who iney be si contend that this hus ing prenchers to marry wives from p-culiarly th ‘a rom the seidie oags, hy jou. onit, and picning up @ living ince, 1n your value able paper, a notice of a few of the gentlemen who are anxious to serve their fellow-citizens in the ca- Among the foremost and oldest candidate stands— This gentleman is gene- rally beliked by his fellow-citizens; has been clerk to the Penitentiary, and received the appointment Lloyd, of horse memory, and held it until the in- come of Gen. Taylor; he ranks foremost as @ = ty from those who sop scatenl Teed the mouths that muster around own, . Mrs. Sareh Pindle hae brought suit in Baltimore county court againsz Thomas Boaldia, for the seduction of her d r, laying her at $10,000 The cefeudant has ing | ordered by the court to maintain the child. I amarried men, With & family of children, and the youaz mother charges that during the absence of his wife ia the country, whilet she was living asa servant in the family, he succeeded in accomplishing her rum. Parodi returns to Baltimore from Washington this morning, and will give her third concert in Baltimore thie ae. She has been most cordi- ally and enthusiastically received in Baltimore. Our Harrisburg Correspondence, Haxaispure, March 16, 1351. The Free Banking Bill—Its Probable Fate—The Canal Board—Mr. Buchanan, §c. Very little of interest to New York readers has occupied the attention of the Pennsylvania Legisla- ture, during its preeent session. Special legislation appears to be the all-absorbing subject, until necea- sity alone drives our Representatives to the import- ant public bills. This evil has become so glariag, as seriously to arouse the people, and the effect will be observed 1n the annual election of indep2n- dent candidates over the shackles of party. The political construction of the Senate is sixteen whigs to sixteen democrats, with one independent. In the House of Representatives, the democrats have fifty-nine; whige, thirty-eight; and independents, three. I merely introduce this feature in illustra- tion of what I shall say in regard totbe Free Bank- ‘ng law, and as an index of the probable fate of this very important measure, after it shall have beea presented to the House of Representatives. It 18 very generally conceded by the knowing ones, that the bill authorizing free banking, based on State etocks, will pass the Senate by one majo- tity. The friends of the measure have counted noses, and they rely on sixteen votes forthe bill on its final passage, to the same number of opponente, of justice having been attained, on finding that pub- | with H. Jones Brooke, whig Senator from Chester and Delaware, as non-committal, up to the preseat riod, but with @ strong reliance on his party to defend the bill, owing to its recommendatioa by Gov. Jobnston, between whom, | averred, tLere exiata a deadly political hostility. The presumption ii the influence being reading. On Friday, a test vote, artful dodgers excluded, was taken in the House, which strength of the banking influence. The bill chartering up in regular order on scrambling for hats, and di and transcribing clerks’ room: in manya day. The vote si 40. An analysis of this charter ; and with fifteen artful dodge: not face the music, and eight whigs. clusion I was desirous of arriv: ? the fate of the free banking question in the rs, a8 afo , who where, from 1 feeling wi. pressure, and the new system d bursting up after the old fashioned plan. Fret T form the whole system. Mr. Peaniman, a demo- cratic member from the county of Philadelphia, introduced a bill for abolishing the Canal Board. ir. Penniman supported his bill, which creates @ general superintendent, to be elected for three ears, With the subordinates to jointed for a like period, with his ordinary abili r. Scoield, it ren, took up the gaunlet in @ strain of sarcasm against the member from Phila- delphia, end defended the old repel in a style worthy of a better cause. The bill was finally definitely med by a vote of 51 yeas to42 nays. It was observed that Mr. Buchinan was in the House, and his presence, in Harrisburg, was very enerally attributed to his desire to e the Scand, over which, and its appointments, said to exercise a controlling influence. It is ramored, however, that the bill will be revived again by a motion to reconsider where it will be held in transitor for the faniog e of accomplishing some other legislative object. The new militia bill, introdaced by General Brindle, which covers sixty-four pages, occupied the attention of the House on Saturday, and re- ceived its quietus by an indefinite pos'poneme nt. SvsQuguanna. Our California nee. San Franersco, Jan. 30, 1551. Sketches of Sam Francisco—Life among the Hom- bre, &., $e I arrived here on Dec. 17th, 1850, afier having been exactly eight months on the voyage. This is the first leisure time I have had since my errival, or! should have written to you before I now intend to send you asketch of San Francisco as | have seen it, or, in other words, **San Fran- cisco in slices.” 1 was much astonished, upon landing on the wharf, to find I was at least halfa mile from terra firma, although surround-d by store houses which would do credit to any Atlantic city. On reaching terra firma, my astonishment ‘was increased at fi g large fire-proof buildings, which would be an ornament to your city. The Custom House is a large brick building, six stories in height, with a piazza at each story. Oa the Plaza, or Square, are drinking saloons, fitted up in the most gorgeous manner, the equal of which cannot be seen in New York, or, | doubt if at al! in apy city in the world. In each of these saloons are from ten to fifteen tables, at which are carried en gaming of all sorts, from faro to dice. These tables are kept by men and women, and are con- stantly surrounded by the devotees of Dame For- tune running their chances. Here you see a rough looking hombre, who has been fortunate at tne mines, risking hie hard earnings at moate, or rou- lette. Again, you see anether who has los: his all drowning (as he fancies) remorse in the cep. When you enter one of thes places, youre are greeted by the syren voice of some good look- female, with the words, ** Come dowa, geatlemen! Come down' Here is the game a: which you caa all get rich.” Or, you hear the voice of some unlucky wight, , having lost his all, has turned “* pimp’’ or “ capper,” who cries, ** Here, gentlemen, is the only hoaest game. Come down, come down, and make your piles.” These sounds, and others of « similar tenor, miy be heard from morning till night, and vice versa. In addition to these, are houses of a lower order, in which are most prominent of which is the game of French monte. It is carried on thus :—The dealer eelects three cards from a pack, one of which ia termed the winning card (the jack, for instance) ; these he moves rapidly from one end of the table to the other, changing their poritions, crying, at the same time, “ TH bet $100 no man can tura up the jack. If you turn up the jack you win; if you turn up an other card you lose. The jack! jack! jack! I'll bet $100 10 man can turn up the jack,” and many is the poor devil who, lured by the desire of in- creasing his pile, loves what little he his; for in nine cases out of ten there is no jack on the table But we have seen enough of gaming and gain- blers ; let w oll down * Long arf,” the point from which all teamboats start for the river towns. The fi quarter of a mile we see nothing but stores delivering and receiving goods from lighters ; now we get into a crowd, aad are met by the runners for the boats. “ Gents, going to Sacramente to- t take a ticket for the Senator, only @! cabin passage, with a berth, feath- er pillows, and hair rat 3, the fastest boat on the river; only $1" ¢ bay that ticket, * cries another, “ you'll heated! Take Point, tl esage is only el; are clean ; those on the Sena- tor ere 4irty ou go on you pay §2 for y supper, and are incky, if by paying the ste ware $2 you get your boots in the morning.” Fortumate the traveller who gets to either boat with all hie | bawaage and all the clothes he had oa when he came upon the wharf The above are, | assure you, scenes of every | day life in this city. Im my next, ! will give you | a sketch of Montgomery street and the doings this wiuter, has been moat deliohifal; 4 but three days rain, © atly the id dus b en Hmit nint of he went of waterto weeh the Feseton, } ‘The Supreme bad tte have tide the ve sninat the | city of Lowell, cnyees by am imperfec fealty, if Mr. Cooper should not take it on his nead as I have often however, notwithstanding erted by the old banks inst the bill, that it will pass the Senate, as the bill has progressed, section by section, unto a third may indicate oe jor the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank, a new institution, to lg herp at genes cpr whea, auch a ral oe w= ofa the smoking a8 mot been seen |, yeas, 45; to nays, vote, presents 13 demo- crats, 29 whigs, and 3 independents, voting for the 39 democrats, and 1 whig, as ovposed: r divided into seven democrats "You will now perceive the coa- at, in regard to Ri be tcbeted at leogihc and Dol. . Carr i where the subject wil le! at length, an Col. Dabney S. Carr is a hunker democrat, aad Palteetocaedin aie waaen the new bank at Easton, as well as on other im- tant subjects, it is very probable the anti-bank have to give way before the outside Conn a law, with “ its attending advantages and disadvantages, in- lations and contractions, ending, perhaps, in a ‘3 to be the fate of this important carried on all the devices of the swindlers, the ~ ur | Herrible Owtrage and Murder in Mississipp' —The Murderer Burned, [From the Paulding (Mise.) Clarion, March 1 Siuce the when the midnight murder of Dr. and femily senta thrill of horror through community, no event has created a deeper sorrow and more din. ladignaticn, than the aeommelatice, on jay last, of Mrs. Mary Dixoa, wife of John Dixon, and her intaat child, at her residence, in the neighborhood of William Bridges, Esq, by Haley, a negro man belonging to Mr. Zachariah Thompson. Having been summoned on the corouer’s jury, We went in person to the scene of the hormnble tragedy, saw the mutilated bedy of the murdered woman, the severed throat of her infaut, and witnessed, without regret, the summary and terrible, but still inadequate, expia- tion of his triple and atrocious crime by the mon- ster. The revolting facts are briefly these :— On Tuesday morning Mr. Dixon, unconscious of the awful doom impending over his family, started from home in quest of cattle. His little son, an artless child, a few months over two years old, started fondly after him, pursuing him some dis- tance, raaastiont by the fathe r, and undiscovered by the mother. Mrs, Dixon soon missed the boy, went after him, and called to him to return. She was then approached by the brutal villain, Haley, who at once offered such indignities as the virtue and pride of civilized woman resents and resists, even at the peril of life, She repelled the advances of the bestial monster, yielding neither to threats nor die¢gusting importunitiee, when he felled her to the earth, An outrage too abhorrent to mention, was then perpetrated on the person of his victim, by the incarnate demon. Reft in a moment of her most precious eptete forciely dewpatiay of her pu- rity, by the villain slave of her own father—tne wretched lady doubtless felt that everything valued in this world was lost; but she was not ready for eternity. She asked, at the hands of the fend, life--life, that she might prepare for her solitary remainia, hope-~a refuge for her crush‘ed spirit in Heaven ! But the ruffian heeded er not ; he spurned the prayer of the wife injured beyond reparation, and at ber on the head with pine limba, and stabbed her till she died. Bruised, mangled and detiled, jay the corpse of this lady, whom a husbaad had greeled gladly and unsuspectingly a few hours be- fore, presenting @ spectacle too hideous, too replete with horrible memories, for an unaverted eye. The infant was found about thirty mite from the mother, its throat cut twice, with long deep gashes. It is probable the little child was the las: victim—and that the last aspiration of her uau:. terable agony fell appallingly upon his infant ear, before the cold knife of the monster assassin passed over the throat of the innocent creature. The attendance of the coroner was procured on Wednesday, and the jury, after a patient icvesti- gation, returned the following verdict : “The said jurors do upon their oath: the said Mary Dixon came to her dea’ inflicted by @ certain negro man slave named Ha- ley, the property of Zachariah Thompson, of Jas- per county; that isto say, her skull was fractured, and aiso her lower jaw and cheek bone on the left side ; her neck was dislocated, and also her left shoulder ; the little finger was broken on the right hand; her eft ear wes badly mutilated; she had also three cuts on her neck, supposed to be inflicted by a knife, one of them ates into the wind pipe, ano- ther the jugular vein, and the other a small cut on the left side of the neck. A large cut was also on the lower of the breast bone. A cut was aleo on her left arm, and come scratches and marks of violence on the right thigh, which indicated the purposes of the said slave Haley. The said Mary ixon came to her death, as follows:—By two wounds inflicted by a knife, one entering the wind pipe, the other the carotid artery on the left side, which wounds were inflicted by the said slave Haley.” When Haley was arrested, his clothes were ‘ained with blood, and the wretch attempted and did throw away his knife. After being severely whipped, he made the annexed confession. His implication of the boy Paul, is entirely discredited by the citizens in the neighborhood, various cir- cumstances strongly tending to the exculpation of the latter. On Thursday, about two hundred per- sons assembled, including many ladies. The guilt of Haley was tco manifest for doubt; and while indignation was at its height, and the blood curdled at the vivid recollection of the unexampled atroci- Ba it was proposed that Haley be burned to death. ‘o proposition there was nota single disse: tient, if we except the officers of the law, who, in compliance with their swoin duty, protested against the ulegality of the act. All were eager for the instant and signal punishment of the worse thaa murderer. Ac gly, he was borne to a tree, chained to it, and surrounded with light and other wood. It 18 worthy of remark, that the slaves present evinced commend abhorrence of the crime and criminal, and assisted with alacrity in | his punishment. = * Tue Late Storm at Boston any Vicrniry.— One of the heaviest — and snow storms of the | season, commenced last eveniag about sunset, and | raged with fearful violence throughout the night, and continued to prevail down to the present time (noon). The wind was from the northeast, and raged in gusts of fitful violence. The snow which accompanied it was whirled about, and lodged in immenee drifts, so that it 18 difficult to yadge what amount has fallen. We should judge, however, that we have already had more enow than daring | any previous storm this season. Owing to the great fall of snow, the railroad trains, due at an eatly hour this morning, were all detained, and several have not yet arrived. The trains running from places within a few miles of the city, due early in the moraing, atrived during the forenoon The early train on the Old Colony road arrived about eleven o’clock. The trains from the north | did not meet with so great detention as those from | other directions. We learn that no saow of con- | sequence has fallen at Concord, N.H., and but very little at Manchester, but that it increases ia dep:h upon roaching the city. No train haa yet reached the city from Lowell. The traia which left thie city for Concord, N. H, is at Somerville, where ere also four other trains from Lowell and other places. One er more of the locomotives this point are off the track, so that there is no compen | either way It is stated that the tide at this port has not been to high for a period of fifteen or twenty years, as it was last night and this morning. The tide over- flowed Long and Central wharves, 80 that people paddled about on the wharves in boats. Many of the cellars on the wharves have been partially filled with water, aad much damage has been done to goods stored in them, At the entrance to T whart, from Long wharf, the water flowed through | to the depth of @ foot or more, and the salt and fish stores in that immediate vicinity are completely | tlooded. The cellars under Quiacy Market have weter to the depth of nearly a foot in them, and | fruit, vegetables, &c , have sustained considerable | damage. The cellars under the United States | store-house on Long wharf, are also flooded, and some of the goods therein were damaged and have been removed. We leara that near Savin Hill, Dorchester, a schooner lying in the creek, broke | from her moorings during the storm last night, aad | was blown a distance of at least two hundred feet out upon the flats, from the channel where vessele usually pass. The boat-houses on the channel and | Dorchester Bay, have been moved from their foundaiions, and much other damage has been done at various points in that vicinity. The ship ping at our wharves, notwithstanding the extraor- dinary oe of the tide, and the violence of the ale, all ride eawily and safely. The Chelsea ferry pat was this morning blown upon the flats on the Sast Boston side, just after leaving the slip on the Cheleea side, on her first trip, remained about an hour, when she got off. e learn thet on the various thorovghtares leading from the city, the snow is very badly drifted, in some places the drifts being six, eight, and ten or twelve feet ia height. —Bostom Traveller, March 18. FLoops in tae Sovinern River.—Advices from Cheraw, 8. C., to the Lith instant, states that the Pee Dee river commenced risiiy on Friday even- ing last, and continued to rise until Sunday morn- ing about 10 o’clock, at which tme the water had reached a higher point than at aay former period Within the recollec.ion of the ** oldest iahabitant.”” We have never before witnessed so rapid a rise, nor Fuch an irresistible current in the river. When our firet bridge waa carried away, the river was higher then at any other known period. trom the best information within our reach, we think the river on Sunday morning was at least one and a half feet higher than it was in 1831. This unprece- | dented freshet must do incalculable damage to the | plantations on the river, most of which were freshly ploughed up. We suppose many of the embank men's have been swept away; if so, the conse- quences will be disastrous indeed. The only one near town, that belongiag to John Leak, [aq., | gave way on Sunday morning. We have not learnt the extent of his damage, as the water hat fallen off but little up to this, Monday evening, 3 o'clock. In consequeuce of the unprecedented ra- pidity of rise, we suppose moat of the k in the | swamp have been lost. Considerable alarm was felt for the safety of our bridge, but so far, it has stood the seemingly irresistible flood without ap- | parent injury. The water was within about two feet and @ half of its lower edge. A hollow bridge | or culvert in the embankment, near the blufl, was washed out. This damage will be repaired in a day or two. Monday evening, 7 o'clock, the river has fallen lees than three feet. | ,, From Fayettville, N. ©., to the same date, the Times say: ‘he rains of Thursday and Friday | lest pr prodigious freshet in the Cape Fear | and ot Teams, in this part of the country. The Cape Fear rose upwards of forty feet, reaching within about ten feet of the Clarendon bridge, at thie place; and backing up Cross Creek near'y to the eentre of the town. Hundreds of persons vie! 6 the banks of the riverto gaze on the vay «, with their prey of timber, trees, & i | bern stage bea been detained for tye | | | woruimge, by inability to crove the ferry F, parti fas not haa for not or a long time m: tile in pleasure, both materialand now, The three opera houses, public gardens, are crowded each night to the roof; in all directions there are public and private, offi- cial and non-official, bails and sotrées. Not an ar- rondissement of the capital that has not its round of amusements, oftentimes suggested by the spirit of benevolence, and the profit of which goes to the suffering and the destitute. You cannot pay a morning visit but you are met with als to subscribe to charity balls—pvoposals the more po- tent, as they are mostly backed by the unanswer- able pleading of female eloquence. The most re- tiring in_ ha! the most iadifferent to sights and shows, those who love the tranquility of the fire» side, and quiet communi ‘n with a book or a friend —those, in fine, whose every moment is of value, from the almost absorbing nature of their daily avocations, find it impossible alwaye to resist the impulse, and in spice of their best resolutions, are too often forced to go with the current. The grand given by the Prussian Ambassador, on Wed- nesday night, the 19th, was one of the most splen- did fétes witnessed in Paris since the revolution of seasons more fer- intellectual, than the theatres, the February. It was attended by the estire corps dy tique, and by the é/ete of Parisian society. Field Marehal Narvaez, of Spain, was prenants and Was conspicuous from the number of orders he wore, amonget which the Golden Fleece was not bere Yeast remarkable—Cor. of London Times, lec. 27, Tue Exgctric Tetr@rnarn IN Francr.—The report of the committee on the bill presented on» the 4th inst, by the Minister of the [aterior, for opening the credits necessary for the execution of the law of the 29:h of November, 1850, for orga- nizing private correspondence by electric telegraph, has been presented to the Assembly. The goveyp. ment has made known to the committee the dif- ferent telegraphic stations where offices for the peivets correspondence will be established. The orthern line will have six offices :—Amiens, Ar- 1a8, Valenciennes, Lille, Calais, and Dunkirk. The centre line eix:—Orleane, Tours, An; *" Bourges, Nevers, and Chiteaurox. The Te Ine will have two, and that of Strasburg one at Chalops. None are yet fixed for the Lyons line, but the government will be prepared to o: Ze them onthe two last lines as soon as the electric wires have been placed. The committee recome mends that they shall be distributed in the same manner as those on the Northern line, proméx the necessary credits for it. The following is the tariff of charges, as decided on by the govern- ment :—“ Fora despatch of twenty worda, includ- ing the name of the person sending and that of the person to whom it is addressed :— From Paris From Paris c. a eee SVSVASSo 56 88 Tours . 5 In order to calculate the charge of a despatch of the above number of words from one towa tc another, on the same line, it will be only necessary to calculate the difference in the charge from Paris to the two places, and add 3f. Thus, the charge from Amiens to Arras, will be 3f. 81c., and from Arras to Lille 3{.72c. ‘For despatches of more than 20 wordsa fourth is to be udded for every 10 words, so that the above tariff wiil be double for 60 words. ARcHxoLoGIcAL Discovery at Roxwg,—The Gi- ornale dt Roma of the 15th contiaues to give ac- counts of new discoveries made in the excavations now going on in the ancient Via Appia. The*works have new progressed as far as the 5th mile outside the town. Beautiful fragments of Roman archi- tecture have been again brought to light—among others a frieze with festoons supported tr children. Some heads of Medusa, belonging to the same decoration, anda ores with a bas-relief repre- senting a soldier of the Urban Cohorts in full cos- tame, with the inscription :—‘ Dis meanibue Q. Flavio Critoni, Comivgi bene merenti et Q. Flavio Procvlo militi Coh. XII. Urb. bassi filio pientiasi- mo lvnia Procvia fecit.” To these must be added four ¢) one of which represents a woman, mutilated in the upper part ; and another, a persen wearing a toga. A fragment of a motto, bearing the words, ‘* Crestus Lictor Cwsaris,” and other inscriptions denoting hitherto unknown offices, or sites of Rome not well ascertained before. Such are the following, in which the words ab ara mar- morea, and coactor imter erartos, have called the attention of antiquaries. The first is :—P. Cacv- rivs P. L. L. Philocles ab ara marmorea Cacvri' P. L. Calliopa Meliage Cacvri Rvfi is as follows:— A Argentari A. L. Antioc. Ai:: : Coactor inter Erarios : Octavia A. L. Epichar, Soror : On a marble slab, in beautiful preservation, ia the following inscription : T. Fidiclanive, T. L. Apella, ex testamento arbitratv Felicis et Philargyri et Attice L.” Crowds of connoisseurs are constantly on the spot, to ex- amine the relics daily brought to light. Fatat Prize Fiour —One of those brutal exhi- bitions, a prize fight, lately toek place at Leeds, and was attended with fatal consequences to one of the combatants. Two men, named Richard and Richard Kelvey, attended by backers, seconders, and several hundreds of the Leeds rab- ble, proceeded to a field near the and Gun Tavern, York road, Leeds, early on M. iy mot ing, to fight for a few pounds aside. Having pom: melled egch other for a considerable ume, 5 fe acknowledged himself vanquished, and Kelvey was declared entitled to the es. Kelvey was 80 elated at his victory, that in acroes the field in which the fight took place, and jumped the en- closure. Immediately afterwards he reeled, com- plained of his head, and was conveyed to the Dog and Gun, where medical aid was procured, but he died in two hours afterwards. Wpon a post mortem examination by Mr. Hill, sur, it was found that in the course of the fight Relvey had received a blow upon the temple, by which a small blood vessel had been ruptured, causing hemorrhage upon, the brain, and ultimately congestion and An inquest was held at the Vo oe Gua, Mr. J. Blackburn, the bor ner, on Tuesday, wh verdict of ** Mi jughter” was returned against Scarfe, who has been committed yk York Castle for trial at the assizes.— English per. _ Tur Sociaist Press or Frayce.—The socialist journal, Le Vote Universel, was tried, he ult, before the Assixe Court of Paris, the chorge of having published an article te: ding to excite the citizens of the republic one against the other. The article was signed with the name of M. Charles Robin, and headed “To the Peasants.” The jury brought in a verdict of “ guilty” against the accused, and without attenuat The sentence of the court was, that the director of the journal be imprisoned for one year, and pay a fine of §,000f.; and thatthe author of the article, ‘‘as accomplice the offence,”’ be impri- soned for 1x monthe, and pay a fine of 1,000f 3 and that the journel itself be suspended one month This sentence is important, inasmuch nounced, not by the Correctional Police on the deliberate verdict of a jury of and smail traders. ‘The University of Berlin has recently establish- ed @ class of menography, to which Dr. Michaelis, & reporter of the Second Chamber, has beem ap- ciated profersor. This is, we believe, the first instance of the useful art of the short-hand writer being £0 honored Flocon—one of the mem- bers of the French provisional government—pro- posed, it is true, that stenography shoald form part of public instruction in France, bat his proposal was rejected. The Rev. Hibbert Binney, fellow and tator of Worcester College, Oxford, is appointed bishop of Nova Scotia. The London Observer states that Sir Joha Cam Hobhouse, Bart., is created a peer, by the title of Baron Broughton de Gyfford, in’ the county of Wilts. _ The Manchester Guardian publishes several es- timates , drawn up with great minuteness, of the ee pe of the exhibition, supposing it is kept open r six monthe. The highest states the probable amount at £769,600, the lowest at £617,000. The Crystal Palace was visited by an immense concourse of pereons on Sanday, the 234 ult., pro- bably not less than 100,000. It was ascertaine by actual computation that, from two till five o'clock, 22,462 persons entered at the gate ite Apsley House, and 21,614 through Cumberland Gate. J ourteen tons of shot have been sent from Wool- wich for aa ‘pose of testing the strength of the galleries of the Crystal Palace. The King of Naples has an of refusing pavaports to all visiting Eegiand and the Great Exhibition. lneecriptions bearing the prchibition, “ No emoking allowed,” have been placarded in the Chrystal Palace in English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish, The California fever has gotto Norway. Two hundred and eighty-five young men, many of them used to mining, have just sailed from Christiana for San Francisco. Pg Mery has Lp oh pers the discovery in e centre of the sen of Aral, of a grow, i . to the principal of which the names fvicvolas T Constantine, and Lazareff, have been 5 Father Ignatius has issued an address for “a crusade of prayers” for the conversion of Eagland. ani sy Stn! “6 penny per day to married sol- in Englan i it of barricke, is to b increased totwopencee = sin * The Turin Gazette of the 18th, gives offic! Soe of Scov oy Siecardi’s resignation of office ‘ franking letters by means of niroduged into the post-office of anced his intention litang desirous of ial no~