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o NO. 4. Virginia Politics, OUR RICHMOND CORRESPUNDENCE. Ricuxonn, (Va.), Dec. $0, 1854. The Political Movements of the Day—The Nomination of Mr, Wise—What will the Know Nothings do?—Candi- dates in the Field, dc., ec, The Governorship of Virginia is now filled by Joseph Johnson, Esq., a citizen of Northwestern Virginia, anda native of New York. He was the ‘first Governor under the new and reformed, or deformed, constitution of Virginia. An amiable old gentleman, he owes his election to a desire to propitiate the northwest, of which he was a pet, and which had an appetite for office never ‘till then in any degree assuaged. Gov. Johnson is now about being constitutionally snuffed out. The constitu- tion does not permit a re-election, nor—with reverence be it spoken—could be be re-elected tf it did. For the vacant stall of this son of York there is to be 4m Virginia such a struggle as will shake the old State from centre to circumference. You have duly noted the proceedings of the late democratic nominating conven- tion in the flourishing town of Staunton. ‘The uproar disorder, noise and confusion in that body would have done honor to old Tammany in its most frantic revels. Wise, of Accomac, and Leake, “of Albemale, were the prominent competitors for the nomination. Wise’s antecedents ure {nmiliar to you. Leake, an Albemarle lawyer, has been a membor of Congress, und was elected Lieut. Governor on Joe Johnson's ticket. He is a smart fellow, a good stump orator, an ever faithful democrat, born a democrat, and defending the democratic party in former days from the attacks of Wise. But Leake be Tonga to one of the second families, and the Lieut. Go vernorship could not put him in the line of safe pre- cedenta. They had an awful time of it in Staunton; but the chivalry wing was victorious. The Methodist church where the convention was held came near breaking down with its precious contents, and tbe unterrified de mocracy took to their heels with a speed never equalled by Boston. Ominous, wasn’t it? Wine, for Governor; McComos, (a Western man, and, like Wise, a quondam whig,) for Lieut. Governor, and Bocock, formerly somewhat of a whig, re-nominated for Attorney General, we may now be said to have a pure whig ticket fairly in the field, Nevertheless, there are some whigs discontented, and talk of running a separate ticket of their own, Out upon such folly, say I. My motto is—‘‘Hurrah for Wise,” and ‘The union of the whigs for the sake of the Union’’—the sentiment once given by Wise himself at a Tippecanoe dinner. Among the discontented whigs the most prominent names are Rives, (Wm. C.,) of Albemarle; Stuart, of Augusta, (late Se, eretary of the Interior) ; Mr. Ballard Preston, (Taylor's Secretary of the Navy); John Janney, of Loudon; Joho | Minor Botts, of New York, Henrico, ke. &c. ‘The question of white and mixed basis—the first maintained by Western Virginia, the last by the Fast, the principai slaveholding section—was the question be- tion of Virginia, Wise, an extreme eastern man, strange ‘to say, was the leader of the Western forces. This is | supposed to give him strength in the West. The West secured his nomination for Governor. But the white basis weakens him in the Kast, and, with the disappoint- ment of Leake’s friends, produces considerable disaffee- tion among ‘he harmonious democracy. Wise is a slender, sinewy, gaunt, gallant, wiry son of the cavaliers, He is the very opposite of your man Seward, disdains concealment, wears his soul on his | sleeve, and is as plucky as one of the old knights, He somewhat resembles that renowned cavalier, Don Quixotte dela Mancha, ‘The Don wasa gentleman, and so ia Wise; the Don was © monomaniac, and so is Wise on the sub- ject of Know Nothingism ; the Don had a rosinante and the am 1 bestrode by Wise is more jaded and wo- begone than tlie Don’s melancholy charger. Don Wise of Accomae has gone out ona regalar crusade against | Know Nothingism. He wrote a letter against that alarming beresy, before his nomination, longer than the longest of Jon Minor Botts’s long-winded epistles. bas come out against them since in sharp, scoraful, de- intion. H2says he would not accept the fice if conferred by their hands ‘The bless- ings of Holy Mother Church attend the knight-errant of Accomac, The prayers.of all good Catholics are offered up for him. All the saints in the caiendar are invoked in bis bebal€ The General Council ut Rome have un- nestionably remembered him in their prayers. would Potent the Know Nothings, Te Deum will be chaunted in St, Peter's: if he fall, he will be canonized, But it seems to me Mr. Wise and the Know Nothings ‘onght to etiange names. has proved himself a Know Nothing; while they, by theft sngaciots and discreet conduct, are the g o wise men of these times. What a mysterious, crafty, underground set they must be! 1 have met but one man in Virginia who confesses Limself » Kaow Nothing ; yet 1 pave excellent reason for believing that they are es numerous in thix State as the frogs of Fgyp:. and that even in Wise’s own county and congressious! district they constitute a majority of the voters, Our Don Quixotte will find something more sub- stantial than windmills to fight. Isuepect that there reat least 50,000 Know Nothings in Virginia, and that there ares good many democrats among them. | am told that they are increasing every day in all parts of Vi inia—in the (owns, in the country, in the valleys, in the mountains, in the east, in the west—everywhere ‘The cavaliers of the East don’t like to be overrun by European immigration; the Scotch-Irish of the vatley and the West consider the Pope “g Pagan fall of pride,’ and if bis Holiness should give them his toe to kiss, they would bite it off. Not long ago an actor in the Richmond theatre, by way of trying the temper of the andience, made a favorable allusion to the Know No- things. Forthwith, from boxes, pit, galleries simulta- neourly bur-t forth a thunder of applause that made the old building roel. ‘The play could not yo on for fifteen minutes, during all whieh time, the tornado of applause continued without intermission. Saints and sinners are all fighting on the same side; and Wise stands about as fair a chance in the contest as the devil in his scufile with Martin Luther. But the Know Nothings of Virginia have evidently some difficulties in their way, which the cunning fellows must manage to get rid of, or they are used up. If, as the Washington organ indicates, they pay no respect to either party in their nominations, they may drive of a good many outsiders who wish them well. The whigs, especially of the west, in “such an event, may go for Wise | as a white basis man, and an opposition whose united elements might be overwhelmingly victorious, will be alyzed and conquered its divisions. Rothe have also another intolerable affliction. This ix John Minor Botts, before referred to, aliay the Bison, The Bison, long’ exiled from green pastures and smooth waters. and long roaming over arid plains, hay espied signs of rain and visions of grass in the cloud raised by the Know Nothings, and, flirting his tail in the air,he has given « loud beliow, between low thunder and the roar of « lion. His eur- vetting has increased with theSpprvach of the cloud, and he has forgotten for the time Nebraska and Kansas, and set his hopes on this New Jerusalem of broken down politicians, This demenstration only proves the strength ‘of Know Nothingi«m. Some of Botts’ whig friends predict that his accessionto the Koow Nothings will prove the whirtof Nessus to that association. But 1 opine that # partyjwho bas shown so much sagacity and prudence in its movements and purposes, will scarcely indulge the Bison in cutting up capersin their plantation. There are evil disposed persons who hint that the Bison has seen # Jacob's ladder in the Know Nothings by which to ascend, with broad-bottomed dignity, wo the White House. | This is uncharitable; but Botts can Kee a great way into the future. Hir predictions of the results of various elections have manifested singular foresight. He never made a prophecy that the event did not falsify. The Old Testament prophets, I believe, are divide! into major and minor. Botts, among military men, may be a major, but, ana prophet, he ranks decitedly among the minors. Hence his predictions of Know Nothing success have tly disheartened that fraternity. But, ifthey manage their cards right, make jndicious | nominations, and send the Bison back to the wilderness, they will give the man of Accomac fits. He will wear a gnore rueful countenance than the Kaight of La Mancha. Tn_ his first speech after his nomination he talked about “baring the arm of Virginia.’ He may be bare armed himself, and bare backed to boot, before the Know No- thing: done with him. KNOW SOMETHING. P. The whige talk of holding a convention in Alex- andria on the 22d of February. DRATA OF HON. JAMES T. MOREHRAI, The Cincinnati Gasetle of the 30th ult. —Yester- day morning, at 2 o’clock, the Hon. James T, Monwtxan, ex-Governor and ex-United States Senator of Kentuck, died in Ce gg o] ite this city. He was born the 24th of May, 1797, in the county of Bullett. In the spring of 1812 he entered Transylvania University, where he continued two years, He commenced the study of law in Russelville, Logan county, under the Hon. HH. P. Brodnax, and subsequently in the office of the Hon. J. J. Crittenden, who was then living in Russelville, In 1818 he removed to Bowling Green, and commenced the practice of law. in the years 1828, 1820, and 1330, he was a member of the Kentucky Logislatare from ‘the county of Warren. In 1832 he was elected Lientenant- Governor of Kentucky, and by the death of Governor Breathitt, in 154, he became Governor of the State. In the fal! of 1886 he resumed the practice of the Jaw in Frankfort. In March, 1837, be was appointe! the agent for the sale of the bonds for internal improvement por- . In August, 1837, he was elected to the Teglela re in Franklin county. In the og of 1838 be waa appointed Presiéent of the Board of Internal Improve- ments, which office he held until February, 1841, whea be was elected to the Senate of the United states for the term of six years, which office he filled with distingnish- ed ability, und to the satisfaction of his constituents, Subsequently he removed to Covington, opposite this city, ant resumed the practice of his profession, and in which place he died. Hos . Jasons Tuomas died at Hartford on the 28th alt 82. He wae ha ge AND we nag) member s the rty, and was Comptroller of the State fron isto to 1840,” Buais Norra i Ankansas—A bill hes ses of the Arkansas General Assembly pro hibiting the circulation of bank notes of « leas denom! nation than five dollars. Before the law into | and as obstinate in their de | utterly lost sight of and complet He | In denouncing that orler Wire | | well worthy of being witnessed. | the mate of the schooner J. The Know | | city's proudest ornaments, was destroy Correspondence. ‘Tacumaya, (Mexico,) Dec. 18, 1854, iya—Great Rejoicings— Things in Tacuba; Mexican Soldier—Church Infallibitity—Adjustment of Having a leisure hour to dispose of, I'll give you the benefit of it by indicting a brief note, The dry season hasset in, a bright sun warms one’s feelings—corporeal and mental—and a clear blue sky stirs up the imagina tion. neighbor—Sztaccthuat!—shew their snowy peaks above the fleecy clouds, and in the physical world all seems peaceful, serene and cheering. The loaded donkey ani the still more overburthened Indian bray and whistle away their griofs under the heavy panniers filled with ¢ mellow harvest of » teeming soil; whilst the freer songster of the grove exhales music—‘ sweet, though mournful to the soul.”” But not so harmonious is it in the political world, though we have had three weeks of incessant feasts, festivals and illuminations; fireworks, commemorations, ceremonials, and a magnificent entertainment given vy the authorities of this village to His MoatSereue Highness, in gratitude for his having released it from military ser- vice. You must know that conscription is ‘order of the day to fill the ranks of the imperial army, Vo- lunteers are run down and lassoed daily. ou cannot pace the streets or highways without encountering gangs of these poor devils in chains and under guard ol a veteran escort, and destined for some post or son, where they are licked into shape, ¢. ¢:—theashed into subordination, drilled and disciplined to keep under sub- jection their own brethren. This is no exaggerated picture; but it works out its own cure, for disasfection is as rife in the army as on the frontier. Jt requires two veterans to watc! ery new recruit, and they all desert when they get a chance. Such has been the history of every army that has marched from the capital to subdue the “insur. gents” in the wvinces. More men are lost by de- sertion than on the field; and it is therefore not remark- able that the centralists should be worsted in nearly every rencontre. Pity the Mexican soldier! poor wretch! mode aiina soto i isible, now vi 16 Hand iia Beisne Minister are. an obtuse” an ever, to rivet absolutism and church intallibility upon try. The church is made conspicuous on all occasions; its ceremonies and feasts are declared national; and all sons, foreign and native, without distinction, are Buntied into an observance of her requirements, In spite of the diplomatic contumacy on costume, and the great flare-up at the famous Lonja ball—that was to have been—the foreign ministers, with the exception of the American, have been most conspicuous with their flags and illuminations in contributing their sanctifica- tions to the re-appearance of the wonderful Virgin of Guacalupe. What Protestant England will any to this remains to be seen, But her Britannic Majesty and her Minister have both been most graciously received to the august Order of Guadulupe; and on to-morrow ie minister is expected to appear with his decoration, and in an appropriate garment, it being understood he has a new coat for the occasion! late rules and regulations for the governance of diplo- matic etiquette foreign ministers are permitted | to have an outrider, whose uniform is rigidly prescribed, fore the convention which formed the prasent constitu. | license being allowed only in the matter of the colors of the various nationalities. Our tight little Irishman. Doyle, has long disearded the green plume of Eria, and his ‘‘outrider’? will appear ked in the white and red roves, ‘with tawny orange mixed’’—emblems of Eng- Jand’s past struggies and modern union in the houses of Guelph and Brunswick(?) ‘Amid all these shows and rejoicings, these reunions and fraternizations, old Gadaden appears to have been obfusticated in the glare, glors and glitter of these displays, or left to the quiet seclusion and insignificance of a no-costume repre- sentative. ‘The old gentleman, (cannot say ot fogy,) has recently returned to the capital, having accompani- ed his family as far as Veva Cruz, on their return to the United States. The venerable nullifier ia, however, seen as usnal, unostentatiourly taking bis morning walks, accampanied by two playful and faithful dogs, of the oll Anglo-Saxon Newfoundland stock. Speculation was and still is rife as to the sudden return of his family, ac- companied with the secretary of the legation, as he had taken the lease of a house, and seemed quite domesti cated. There must be something in the horizon beyond our ken, We shall 4ee, perhaps. A.grent conspiracy has been discovered here, or rather in the capital, At the ad of it were Haro y Tamariz, Pasno, all of whom have, of to parts unknown—conjectare Gnerrero and Alvarez: and, hy the way, that invaluer aid'to be at Ta and more anon. Our Havana Correspondence, Havana, Dec. 27, 1854, of Welix and Estrampe—What wilt be Done with Them? ‘The oply cirenmatance of interest that has transpired since the dateof my last letter has bren the accustomed aunual visit of the Captain Genoral to the Royal Castle or jail. He refused, ax has been related to me, to hear the remarks of Senor Rstrampe, who was about to tell him that the cause of his imprisonment was for having attempted to show to the people of Cuba the reality o that sacred word, by the use of which, in Spain, General Concha had attained his present lofty position in Caba Mr. Felix, 1 learn, is no longer incomunicado—both these gentlemen, I understand, have handed the acting United States Consul a written narratite of their sufferings, and of the several examinations they have undergone, which narratives, &e., I think it far from improbable will reach you from another source: although I believe my last letter will be found to contain at least the substance of the exammation cf Estrampes, whilst that of Mr. Felix I believe simply consiated of a total de nial of all knowledge of or participation in the affair. He was confronted with bis accuser, Francisco Hernan- dex, who stoutly maintained the truth of hie accusation The Case against Felix, Senor Estrampe, | believe, is also legally entitled to be confronted with Hernandez. T know he bas demanded that this may be permitted. I would give my little finger to be present when this meeting takes place. Unless [ am greatly cecelved, Eatrampes will cause the traitor to his country who betrayed him, to shrink into his shell like the slimy snail, It will be a scene Captain McCalloch and . White are also, I have been informed, in the ume jail. I understand it is hoped that at no very distant period they will pe set at Liberty. Itrust that this may prove to be the case. Why they have been «0 long kept in durance [ am ata loss tq indge. Most certainly tueir innocence of all partict- in the matter must have been long since ascer- nd this lengthy, unjust imprisonment of them will but add another item to the long accouct which Spain or Onba will have some day (not far distant I trust) to settle up in full with the United States By the Gaceta of the 26th mot., [learn that « urder bas been committed in the Partido of San Cristoval, and , that one of the murderers had been shot, whilst the other succeeded in making his eseape. We are all very gay here, just now, with the numer. ls and merrymakings that have taken place si the 24th inst, and which will be contiaued until after New Year All this is very pleasant; but still. your enjoyme nis at this season in New York, are, to my taste, far sore agreeable than our heartless meetings and se-nnions here. | would not give one New York New Year's day, with its rene i friendship ane weeks as T shall puss here berween this and New Year, and I beve engagements for each day and evening until then, ‘The benefits of the Italian opera company are taking pon ‘The Ravels findiag both theatres en d here nave peoeeeded to Cienfuegos. The French éragedienne Rachel, it is announced, is to visit this city uext year. The cireus ecimpany at the Villa Nueva theatre are, [un derstand, drawing crowded houses. | tens of thousands of readers ail over the world, the compliments of the season, I beg to subscribe myself POUGHKEEPSIF. Burning of the Mechanics’ Institute, at New Orleans. [From the New Orleans Picayune, Dec. 27.) We regret to state that this noble building, one of the ‘by fire: last evening. A little before #ix o'clock smoke waw observed issuing from the basement story in the rear of the building, and in an almost incredibly short «pace of time the flames burst through the floors, and were sean issulng from the roof. The wind was high, and as the ater portion of the interior was occupied by the ge hail, the flares had free vent, and it was soon gg that it would be impossible to the bufld- ing. The firemen, therefore, turned their attention to the neigh boring houses, and succeeded in saving them, though with some difficulty. The dwelling houses on Phili street, opposite the ute, were on fire eoverth tines, and so intense was the heat that it was almost impossible for the firemen to work, The Medli- 2 aud had not the wind bes Gy ae NOR, iD site dh it must alao have bee ‘~ Npakeg 9 ing. Tne Fisk Library, Presented to Society by the city, was entirely destroyed. Some of the books were thrown out of the window, but the Saou ture nearly as de structive to them as the fire have been. The li- wy bad fica) by nda * © building, its iture, effects, ke.. belonged to the New Orleans Mechanica’ Society, including the li- brary, and the probable loas ix $70,000. Thie society also lost all of their papers and books, and ‘the archives of the last forty-five years. ‘The upper story was oecupied by Mr David Brockett as vay of arts, ke. His loss will probably amount to $5,000, The Steamboat and * Association lost all their efects, including many valuable charts. Mr. Giroux, who had just established rooms for prac- tising the art of photography, lost about $2,500. M.. Gomes, who occupied a room in the front base- ment «tory, a8 Scabinet maker's }, lost about $1,000. The society of the Sons of Mal all their eflects, ‘id also the United Laborers’ Association. Mr. Gherardi and Mr. Meteayor, who occupied room No. 2, 0m the ground flour, as a dancing 7, loxt their forniture, Ae. _ Mr. Truehols, « historical painter, who bay room No. 4, lowt all he had, amouating to about 85, Mesars. Henderson & Gaines, who occupied the large room in the basement story ss a storage warebouse. I ave, Sine lost very heavily, but we did not leara one iiding was insured io the Crescent and Suo Mu rance companies for $00,000, equally divided between the companion This io al) the insurence wo have heard of, ‘The enue of the fire ty pot known, bot It to have been the result of secident. hoog et Popocatepetl and its still more umpronouncable } S ahibest. | Northern unani much abused coun- | By. the Wishing the editor | | and all concernea with the universal Henato, and ite 85,209 foe the relief of the peor te thet c:sy. Ani Lecture. BY THE REY. HENRY W. BELLOWS. livered on Tuesday evening, in the Tabernacle, by the | Rey. Henry. W. Bellows, who took as bis suaject, «The | pro-slavery testimony of the Northern conscience cross. questioned.’’ There was not a very large audience pre- esent. The following is about the substauce of Mr. Bellows’ remarks :-- Ipropoe to explain my subject, and examine the state of public opinion in the free States im regard to American slavery, Cross-questioning often means put- ting questions that are croas, but ! have no such inten- tion. I would inquire into the successive defeats that the cause of liberty has sustained during the last tem years. ‘Tbat the institution of slavery has flourished, and that its roots are deeper and its policy bolder, is un- deniable. Considering the theoretical infamy of slavery, itis extraordinary that the slave power should have triumphed in this country over @ volitical majority | based upon abstract right. Thismust be owing to some | universal but unseeing and unreacked cause in the state | of the public mind, It isexpecting too much to look for | any such union among the opponents of slavery as we | find among its friends; for the political and eco- | nomic injuries threatened by the abolition of slave. | ry to the South are far greater than any material | advantage that could be gained by the North. Des- | | pite the theoretical sentimeat of free communi- ties, no conviction reaching the heart of the peo- ple of the sinfulness of slavery is yet established, From April to November, in 1848, I was absent from the country, and during that time the free soi! excitement commenced, culminated, and went down; and since then how many triumphs bas slavery achieved! There is no deep sense—no conviction of the wrongfal- ness and inhumanity of slavery itself. The overthrow of the boundary line which confined slavery south of | the Missouri lie, raised an excitement, and from the ity then displayed, we fancied that the ‘Territories would be secured to freedom Yet no 4; the excite tical love for freedom a ment died away, and it grows less and le sas sendsa pro-slavery man to Congress, and the plot. ters against liberty aré left to perpetrate some new out- ragé on our principles. Those wno have the cause of slavery at heart, and regard its abolition as a sa- cred religious duty, are led as fanatics, Nothing but extraordinary genius keeps a man in his place who fearlessly avows and urges abolition sentiments. It is this coldness and inactivity of the North which has caused such heat and excess in minds like those of Dr. Channing and Horace Mann. Agrave ques | tion confronts us here—how this apathy ou the ques- tion of slavery can exist in the North’ It is a deeply | instructive qitestion to consider. Here wo are enjo; lag liberty, education and prosperity. If we can wee’ three. | | millions of our fellow-creaturés in bondage without | sympathy, what use has liberty or equal rights been to us’ What logic is there in tying to exto the area of a freedom iat prodnese such results? Slavery itself is | not #0 bad as which is its essence—contempt for, man, We must not gink into faithlessness of humanity. 4 Many en abolitionist is in despair of his raee, audin | disbelief of Christianity and of his God, because he did | not blot such a stain from existence. But we must not war against this Charybdis in avoiding Scylla. The truth fs, that the anti-slavery cause has not yet com- prehended its own majerty, 7! plumet has | not yet sounded the depth of the apathy that at present exists on the subject. If you show me a vile commani- ty, and tell me they care nov for the #lave, Ido not won der, But if you bring, me to a virtuous community, and tell me they enre not for the slave, I tremble for © for then L know that cardor and Christianity are not en- listed in his cause. The practical working out of the Christian theory of man being equalto man—man being the image of his maker—is the cause of the abolitionist. Tet not the abolitionist undervalue himself or bis ene It is the problem of the gospel of Christ—the up. ling of an absolute standard—the proclamation of u fect law, The cause of the slave is the same ax the use of the Leathen—it ia the uplifting of man. We » the'eanse of Liberty wrong ifwe place it among the jeeting questions of the day We are in the _ infancy ot religion and in the infancy of civilization, Man is still grossly inconsistent. Ina society like this can we expect the élave—the child of a barbarous raco— can we expect in a selfish community that the case of the slave shall awaken deep aad self sacrificing devo- ticny It does not take hold of Northern society. i long as yeti can make the North eyewitnesses of the lash and of families ruthlessly separated, you van move it to indignant oaths and curses ou the system. So long as these ervelti«s of slavery are flaunted*before us, we shall hate the slaveboldes, thoagh we still wear the cotton he makes, But the growing mildness of slay is a strong argument sgainst it. If Unele Tom’s Cabin <j to be false, it would ouly be an additional and an apology for tue system to the Northern sympathizer, Do the slaves see more to love in their masters: then the more they must hate their condition; for the more they, see of humanity Pte more they feel thelr own degradation. Do not let us lay the flattering, uvetion % that we have seen the worst o slavery the Be fq far mybt. It is crarity to the slave to allow the light of education to break in , upon bim. that he may feel his own orusued aad fallen state. Itisa refinement of wrong to awaken the spiri tual and moral nature of the slave. In the name o | mercy let not the idea of a home get a place in his mind jet Lim mot think vert him from a ga! ous human creature elfa man, for if you do you con- soulless brute toa sullen. danger What a livel on our civil) this legalized bondage of one sixtt of our popu ‘The apathetic state of sentiment here is a representative of public opinion, and it proves that our Christianity {x most puny, that our boasted sense of man being inate in the image of God, is no real conviction ‘The essence of slavery is contempt for hamanity, and it appears in many other instances, Nothing has shown me the low state of humanity ia North so much as the distinction made among’ men count of thelr birth, But when buiman life ix held as cheap as cattle as it is here, will you expect the slave to be an object of carer Contempt for man ix at the bottom of the pro slavery feeling inthe North. Observe that I neituer express wonder or fodignation at theae low seutiments. if we might speculate upon the results of abolition, we might #ay that iis eradication in the Unived States might bring education end liberty to perfection. Wheo I hear men talk of the inferiority of the colored race, I think how perivetly christianity has eonquered the pre judiees of color, iiut suppose they are superior, does might make right? Did any one ever hear of a man not being wade in the imaye of God? and if white and black are both made in the image of God, they must be equal. If the slave is not iamortal, then ha manity isa table. I believe that it would be sublimely safe both for the whites and blacks that the slaves should be emancipated at once. Free them, and throw them on the responsibility of manhood. To free them is the necessity of an enlightened conscience. Do right though the heavens fail—co right ant tue heavens won't fall. [have had two objects in this lecture—one to un fold the real dignity of the abolition cause that I might contribute to ite volume, aa! the other to explore the Northern conscience in relation to the question, It ix to you, as the fearless advocates of duty, (riends of hu- that T hail the ebolitionists, and take my place m. [ dare to avow myself an advocate of believer in man’s capacity, and a hater of ng. If such a feeling gives me the fellowship of the abolitionist, T weleome it with all my heart Commerce of the Port of New York, We are indebted to Mr. James Thorne, of the United States Revenue Department, for the following statement ofarrivals af this port for the year ending December Brige . schooners. Total... ool Of whieh t ? S @ F 2. ee | ted | Nation. . t : ee 3 F American . 0 944 836 British o 6 Il ; rs FT 0 he vi) 4 6 ao | ei. 5 1 ) 8 a ° 1 Neapolitan ) o Sardinian o Port “M4 i sme Se Ponsmectacoxh se Beceonoccuacsoeane® woemnaok o & o 3 4 2 2: 6 Ww 1 5 ® o 1 o 4 ‘ 0 2 , 9 9 a 2 o 1 % o 1 ad 868 1,236 California BESE se ES HEStE 2 ee ed ASS/9TANCE FOR THE The Clocianat) Chamber of @ur Boston Corresponden eo, Boseox, Ds .30, 1834, Volunteers—Tha | The sixth anti-slavery lecture ot the aeasu was de- | Phe Close of the Year—Oissciution of the City * Government—Fanny Fern's Figh'— Authorship of “Ida May"—Sixth Editim of Morton's “ Memorial” —Sabine’s Work on Duelling—New American Magazine—The New Liquor Liaw Drafted—Specuiations concerning Offices —The United States Senatorsbip, ec. Sc. The year is closing roughly with us, but in most respects vot unkindly. After some days of the melting mood, which made our stree*s much ‘esem- ble a huge barn-yard in spring, there commenced aviolent storm on the 29th, the anniversary of the great one of 1853, and we thought that the orcasion ‘was to be “ suitably observed” by the elements, and with the etate of things experienced by the war- riora om the shores of the old Pontus Euxinus, Bat the weather cleared up in the evening, and is now bealthfully cold, with solid earth (of ice) under our feet, and a gray blue sky over us. Our Common Council adjourned without dey on ‘Thurstay evening, on which occasion there was the usual display of hypocritical sentimentality, The Board of Aldermen adjourned to meet to-day. Tae neq government will be crgapized on Monday, Ja- pusry 1. I; will be of more popular charaster than that which ie about to die in afew hours, Boeing thoroughly Know Nothing in all ite branches, it is expected tha: several distinguished whigs who were allowed to “ hold over” during this year, will be made to “ walk the plank” in 1855, anless they | shall repent of their ins ano give evidencs of their penitential state of mind by cursing their old asso- ciates and principles in the most emphatic manner. Fanpy Fern is likely to have her nanda full. A feminine critic in the Olive Branch—the first paper in which Fanny Fern wrote—has been writing what is called “a scathing review” of “ Rath Hall,” so | that we are to have a cap-pulling affair for our amusement. Bets are five to three that Fanny will “gorve out” her antagonist a neatly ae Mos. Blip: slop did the landlady, for which oase ace Fielding’s “Joveph Andrews.’ Others think our Boston critic's coolness makes of her at least an equal match for Fanny, who, having lost the gift of fern seed, and no longer walking invisible, is a fair match for those striking out blows which tell as forcibly in literary fights as in the more reputable | conflicts of the ring. The statement that Mrs. Torrey is the author of “Ida May’ is peremptorily denied in quarters that ought to possess the best information on the subject. Others say that Mrs. Torrey is not capable of writing the book. The Congregational Board of Publication has ierued a new (the sixtb) edition of Nathaniel Mor- ton’s “New Heglana’s Memorial.” Morton, a nephew of Gov. Bradford,came to Plymouth three Yours after its settlement, when he was eleven years old, Appointed clerk of the Colony Court in 1645, be held that office for forty years, until his death, The first edition of the was publissed in 1669, in & quarto volume, printed at Cambridge, Plymouth Qulony defray- | we @ portion of the expense, Four editions were printed afterwards, uamely, the s* Boston, 1721; the tirird, as Newport, 1772; fouith, ab Pl mouth, 1826,80d the filth, tue same year ab Boston. Toe newedition cmtaing macr additional matter, and i#4valaabie work for all who would bevome fimiliar with the ear.y hiscory ot New Kowaud tcom ¢riginal sources, T.6 ap- odix Lae an historical notice of the Lupdeo ‘hw: Raddy, of Midd ebo- MACY Credit. + Sublce’s “ Notes on Doe's and Dagliing,” in ore volome (12m) of 894 pages, wus pudvlisded tats geek, by Crosby, Ninos & Uo. Taoe wa ustrs aid clearcess of the autor appesr om ifs every page; jet it i net che kimdof work tact a mon of Air. Subive's talenia soould Gave expended ayear or two's time upon, We bid a right wo ex & something of a higher orier from bis pen, a bok more geverally yseful, aud not the ices entut- talnitg on that ec cunt, oMty O-@- Oley broke down in his leeterres hers, to tea b the geatlemea of not oply 10 enoeayorlny the Mercantile Library Asso Latioa tor origin of the word ovsh bat aluo in his labors t on the slavery question the next night. Ive yboly was cusoppcinted who héerd him, jaitas they ex pected mrch from po rvter caw | per@ovare. Many .ew thick Coat lus chef ¢laun to notority aise £ m the fa. that be is an abolitionist ia « dlave Nate. a. new periodical, the No. of whi h will be issued.on the 15ta ot Janaary, 1455, by Meuars, Jas, &. Tuttle aca W. A. Lounsbury. [t will sastaia the American poriy, aod advocate its principles, and bids fair to be a very effective organ of thac party. The editorslip will be in the bangs of Mr. Tuttie, ontlemman in every way qualified for the post. ine firot number will contain & biographical sketen of Governor Gardner, with @ portrait, In size, the “American Montoly” will resemble the Marpers’ Magazine, ond the completest arrangemeits nave been made to have itof the first class of perio ll. cals in ali typographical and literary reapecte. rs was a meeting of tue lkading temperance mév on the 28th, to consult on the best inode of proceeding for the purpose of geting theie now liv through the next Legislature, They have kindly resolved to save the Legislature, and eveo the Ama- tiean party’s councils, alf trouble ou the subject, by heving a law craited that containg all that they re quire. This bill or law is understood to have been drawn up by rome of the ablest lawyers in the Stare, mong t being Mr. Katier, of Loweil, aad Mr. Sewell, of Boston. 1t consists 0, thiriy-rix sections, and repeats the existing law, wiich is thought on w)l bands to be beyond tue resch of mending, or even tinkering. One section makes it u crime for an expressman to carry liquor to a enstomer, if the sale of it shall have been legal. Tats t¢ aimed at the great liquor teofic which has been eseried ou by Lee eXpreeses On Our various ja\lWars ever Biuce the Meine law went foso operation. It will bear with gremt force onthe temperance people toeraselves, who bave bien jhe priccipal supporters of the ex press bracch of the traffic, having much occasion for tte article tabooed for tne bealing of wounds, the ald ot digestion, and the promotion of mechanical, screntific, and artist'cal pursuits. There will be as greata rosh to fil bogeheads, when the tew law shell have been introduced, a8 there was to fill jugs when the preeeat law was brought forward, ture yeara ago. Another seo’) proviges that the liqaor seller aball be sent wo the House of Correction for the fivet offence; and a third nat the drackard shall be int to the pene forte at fure compel him to tell who seid nim hie bis liquor, why was, in ebort, ule “ unbinder of galling ¢ "as the Geeks called Bacchus. Of the other sections | only kaow thet they ere ai! of the ateingent order, and provide what it is supposed will prove very effectual me chinery for the enforcement of the law. The whole concern has teen Hamed with express reference to & thorough uston of severity and constitation bus if our Supreme Court sh: wot be able to @ coach end #ix (jueges) thre y it~ eupporing it to be pamed —woy, tnen, to drink » glass of liquor, er d that's no light in these days of total absticence from all anatul terated “taps.” As the Cay for the meeting of the Legislature ap by the speculations about it offieers, the natorial election, Av., wereases in abwiedity and All maucer of stories ere the What makes the process so diillea the that certain wags bere make {ia point invent the most exquivite nonse ace sbout the inten- thous of the new party. As tney areal the time striking, it i¢ not surprising that they occasionally mnake @ decided bit, sending thelr ehafty right into the centre of the waite, as Lorksley did biw at Ashby de !a Zouvhe. But these tite bear «bout the rame to the failures thet Paletall’s bread cid to sack. The Know Nothings Keep their own councile.or the doings of their coanetla”— with great closeness, and it s mush more difenit anything redable aout them then it was before the election. The officers of the Leginlatare are suyponed to be ail #9 ected: no one out of the liste of the orde”, aad probally bat few therein, hove any aathen'\c |r formetion on the wabject. Mr. Kichmond, of Berkshire,» prominent whig member of the House st \ty ost semon, in talked of for the Presidency of the Senate, out of doors; bat wirat they sey _— mee “coun ” noxe of the profane know. He voted w pay fhe’ (bed. A winter, so that, speak his chances were good, your elways manage Wo grt something. ie Grier Charlestown would make ® goot », being an able men, and of fi ations; ba! Mr. King, of ¢ the best look for that place, a0 would @ii it well, if his nerves areas po) ae hia talents and knowledge. He har one recommen pn ney ey bet ed inanch cases the = aboat five bon red « wamed for crrkanips and aasittante of the two branches. = Om clerk of the last weston ia to couse, ander the iofiaence of her, thet Mr. Caloas, who Renate ever since the antedita- be allowed to retain his old place, ' member of the order, * Memorial” | mount of cunans Information ia if. acd the | row light | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1855. doubtlesy because of bis sweetnem of temper and Nis sccommodsting ¢ispositios. Mr. Sevens will ly retain bia office of Sergeant at Arms, ashe Four daya more will settle the whole matior, bowever, and we mast “pow ~ our swuls in patience” during that fast tloeting e. An to the Senatorsbip it ia known tnat Mr. Ely working bard forit. A story current is that Mr. Garduer is desirous Sf being elected, and of resigaing the governorship. As hiselection to Mr. Rockwell's ce would make Mr, Brown Governor, and as Mr. wn iva democrat and abolitionist, and also a supporter of extreme legislation on the liqaor qase tion, I cannot venture to congratulate Mr. Gardner id advance op bis sarciion © = ao. pee to present appearances Gene fl ‘a chances: are Saageenn, By o best. One reason why most le think that the General will be chosen is that victors cannot droo him, and hope to retain that we pony fy do practically a2quainted | best taeda ad hag even {fall other things in their favor. They cannot afford to offend the 20,000 free soilers who now act with them. Avaoma, Our Buffalo Correspondence. Burra.o, De 1854. The Weather—Business—Ship Building —Theatri- cals— Gas Cooking, §¢., &e. I arrived in this city about ten days ago, and the {Ow items of news collected I transmit without delay to the reaiers of the Hxnaup. The weather during the time has indulged im all sorta of capricos—pre- senting a variety of fair, foul, pleasant, stormy and middling, and the thermometer has been kept in a feverish state of excitement, marking the degrees of heat and cold within the range of 40 above and 12 below zero. The first of the week we had suow and good sleighing; then came warm, foggy, rainy weather, which lasted through Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. On Sunday it changed to cold, with suow; on Monday it was intense, and has kept so ever since, with every prospect of @ continuance. Shippers of produ e and merchandise have ex perienced some losses by the sudden closing of canals, ‘‘Baffalo creek,” and the Lake rivers, Im- mense quantities of com aro stopped on thoir way | that will not reach your market until early spring. Lake disasters have been numerous, and the sufler- ing and loss of fe very great. Tam oredibly informed that many business men, in striking balances this year, will find their gains cn the wrong page of the ledger; and the daily papers tell us that the “ Sons of New England” are 60 oceupiéd that their anuual festival ia posponed until another year. Many of you readers, like myself, will, doubtless, be surprised to learn the vast amonat of trade tha’ iw cared on in Buffalo Cresk. The commerce of Bayete 1864 will exceed $100,000,000, requiriag for ils transactions vessels of over (4,000,008) four millions of tons capacity. Of this amouat some seventy five thousand tons are owned bere, and most of the vesso.8 have been constructed and lauuched upon the waters of that same ‘ creek.’ Last ew tere were built upon it8 shores vossels comprebendivg, tn segregate capacity, over hevea- teen thousand (17,000) tons; and there ore now owned by shippers upon the stream 50 fige steam. ers, forty-#ix propellers, 4 barks, 47 brigs, and 115 fchocners, besides a large number of # naller craft, and not couutiog the vessels owned elsewhere, Which come sere avid receive aad discharge cargoes. Along the course of the same tributary are located tin eleva'ors, eructed for the purpose of loadiag and unloading vessels and canal boats, which are capable of handling 25,000 basuela of woeat oer pour, and of storing the vost emount of 1,500,000 bushels of grain within their walls. Such are some of the uses and benefita of * Buffalo creck,” whish richly deverves, and would soon be dignifle! with tne title ere it not broaght 1 daily comparison with the noble Niayara, the ruar of whose cataract dmoniales us of the insignificasey of all other trame Batlalo is supplied with two first o'wss hotels —the American ans Clarendon, also, tivo theatros—the Metropolitan anv Magie staet. Ay t named theatre the Howards sre playing & ear engakoment. Little Cordelia, the child artist, appewrs nightly to overfl *ing bousce,in ber npeporoachable charac t 2 fm ““"Urele “fos? Gerty, lo the “Lamp Lighter,” aml “ Hot Corns” md fo gay nothing abyut tre mawkish y of these over drawa orathas—if the: can be £0 called—but 1, “e pitite of the old Park,” whe CARO pee over Teprerenta- tions of this Hitle child without givirg her a nuties, fod: saying to. dhe readers of the Hietitn, cee her the first opportunt fo politics there is nothiag new, por can any ore tell where the old parties tard. Nore seem ty manifest fear that the liqnor law will bs passed; the great dread is, that by some “hoous pcut”’ joggliog Seward wii be returned to the Retaw, and this tuey deem a far greater calami | ty than the paseege of an uncoustitetional law, that ibe “American Monthly Mavazine” ts the title of | cannot be enforced. Dr. Skinner, the avent of the American Gas Cook: ing Company, of New York, gyve to the ladies and gentlemen of Boffalo, a (ow nights since, a groly ua tonisbing extibition, y ils 4 simple und cheap appa ratus, and with woother tel save the ras fram w chandelier burner; he roasted a ten pound turkey in one bour ard tweoty minutes, aud with the same heat boiled water and baked apples and potatoes, ard the wnole cost of gas was only six (1) conta and #)x wills, actual measurement; fe also broiled steake, chops, game, &c. Toe ing by toils pro- Ces is superior in quality, retalniog all the juices of meats, and in invet aomirably sdaywd to eucmmer uses OF Bcoonnt Of its nea'ness, economy aud conte nience. ‘Thin ix most trnly an age of alvincement, end no place in the Union bears stronger evideace cf the fact thao Boffato. Aide. Our Quebec Correspondence. (Qomnec, Doc. 24, 1864. The Old and New Govermn Generais—Ajaira of Nomar, & &. The Christmas holidays are scarcely suff feat to meke aaything like @ reapectable atir in she ancient capttal of the Canadsa. Parliament belog no looger in cession, the temporary excitenent consoquent npon tie departure of his Exreileecy Lord Kigin, and the duty of concocting valedictory ad froases to hizo saving sobided, and Bir Kdmned Head baviag been duly installed es host of Spoacer Wood, the city has assumed on air of stilloes# which, I verily believe, no other piace in the couatry ever arsumes, and which is faz from being compousated for by the gay equipages of the upper teu thoumad, which pase and repass @) nerrow atresia. The bu- siness part of the city, known aa tho Lower Toen, #0 crowded during the sew seriously incoaventence literniiy deserted, a Weare analrof inactivity porilively dirheartening. Bach, however, is a genera’ pictare of Quebec in the winter seavon, and {t makes one jong for the balls, quadrille partiis, &c., which constitute the alternative fur the more exciting and profitable Caves of the brat eu. As a relief to thin general dalnew we have lately had some “ affaire ot honor. The first, which oe- cured about three weeks since, arose out of some baaty expressions used by an attorney in the heat of a debste ja court, towards & brotoer attorney, for which too free une of the term ‘ faine’’ be received wchallenge. After sundry unsnecessfal atrempts onthe paitof the challeoger, to avoid the cons quences of bis own temerity, a hostile meeting took place, the ceremony of firing was gone through, and the parties shook hands acd revurned heme. Ove of the seconds immediately publisved, ia paw pblet form, an account of the oflsir, with the correspondence; and the other second, diemstiafied with proceeding, put out « clregiar declart the facts as pudiiahed to have been highly col and In many particulars totally fale. A meeting fo. lowed, and two show from each were fired with. out injury to either. [be affair is not likely to end here, aa it in@aid that several other feutlemen of the long robe feel themselves indirect!y jovolved. Bir Edmond Walker lead gave bin firet paiiic levee on Friday las, when he was waited apon by very large numer of citizens anxious to pay thelr to the new Governor. 0 casion was taken at the same time by the City Couscil, aod by the magistrates of tse diatricta to present his Excel- leney wits congratulatory addremen (Creat hopes sre entertained that the admicistradan of this gen- the roan will te freaght with benefit to the province; if hebeso fortunate as to keen up the good inion now formed of bim, be will huve done thet ch bis predecessor. whether justly or otherwine, 1” for ine to detertalne—falied in dering. informed that it ia the intention of the government to level the old Preach works outalde the walla of the elty, It is wald that {f left a at in the event of Lostilives with the |’ nited tates, of any otver power, 20.000 men could rafely enaconce themselves vehind theae works, and batter away at the town with the mowt perfect se curity. oar f navigation as to engers, ia now pect of the place Asovyr or Gram Orrnen ow Bavrmonr Cons "Chaxce Denme rae Past Yean.— he amount of grain offered ov ons Corn ‘Change for tue past your, ending yertverday, \s an follows: Of wheat, 7 2 2g 400 boshele; corn, 4,159 500 bushels; ont, 991 500; ry?, #4,006.making a total of 7,350,000 bushels, Hewldee the above, quite large amonst of grain hes been offered on! sold in car market which wae bot preeeuted vn ‘change —Baltwmore Sun, Thee. 27 Delays oa Railroads tn the Nosth. TO THLE BOITOR OF THR NEW YORK HERALD, Orrick ov THe CuaMeLarn AnD Sr. LawnEndg: RatLnoap Co,, Monrrra, Deo. 30, 1864. My attention was called, a few daysaince, to &. short article in the Henan of the 23d inst, headed “Delays on Railroads,” in which our road, the Champlain ad St. Lawrence, gets credit for all the moismanagement, irregularities, delsys and incos- venience for which the northern lines of roads have long been notorious. Wo 0, certainly, the end of ail the northern lines, but are seldom. consulted as to the arrange- ments. We must, therefore, decline the honor of being held responsivle for the mismanagement, &e. referred to, ‘The delays complained of are no} on our road, nor are they cansed by our arrangements, are altogether on the Vermont aud Canada which ts controlled and operaved by the Vermont Central, this last being in cirect antagoniam eith the Rutland and Burlington. te m: * have Managed that all passengecs to or from the Rutland road must stop a night at St. Albans; and not only 80, but theyare detained to xuch a late hour there that toey cannrt resch HRonse’s Point until near mid-day, and are consequeutly obliged to walt until our afternoon train leaves for Montreal, which ia at hbalf-past three o' clo: k. Observe, there is no delay with us. The stop ia at Bt, Albans, twenty miles from Rouse’s Point, where our roed ends;,but strangers are thore in- formed that they need not rise early, as thoy can- not connect with our train. As it injures a railroad to have euch articles as the one to which J have re- ferred go forth and remain unexplained, | shall feel obliged if you will insert this letter, W. A. Meany. Our Washington Correspondence. Wasninaror, Dec. 90, 1864. Duliness in’ Washington—Change Anticipated— Vint to Amnapolis—lts Antiquity Old Congrese Hall--Recoilections of Washington ~ Johnson, Chase and Carroll - A Nation's Character— Na. val School—Its Management—Naturalized Prom teatants in VTL Things Changed. ‘The Senate was in session « few minutes yester- day, and the Houge to-day, but nothing of interest was transacted. It would be difficult to find « place more stupidly dull than Washington is at the pre- sent time. While there is an almost total suspen- sion of business, both public and private, there ia none of that gaiety which usually characterises the metropolitan society. A change in this respect, it is hoped, will begin with the President’ leves om Monday next, which will be followed up by soatal partics, in private and offical circles, during the remainder of the winter. ‘To escape tails ennul, for a day, I paida flying visit, yesterday, to the ancient city of Annapolia and ancient indeed, it appears to the visiter. It looke like a city just resurrected from the tomb of the middle ages, having wlept the sleep of csntarien. Yet there clusters around old Annopolis maay @ re collection sacred to the American heart. Here stands the venerable building in which the Father of this country, on the 23d day of Dooember, 1788 just reventy-one years ago—resigned his com mission a8 commander of the Amocicam armica. ‘The room bas been partially refurnished, but te Many respects remains as when ocoupled by the Continental Congress. The name of Washington calla np many thrills emotions in the bowom of every Americas citised, his name--ro terrible to hin foes, so welcome to hin friends—aball live forever upon the brightest page of the bistorian, and be remembered with the warmest gratitude and pleasare by those whom he has contributed to make happy, and by all ma kind, when kioga and princes, and “cobles for ages shall heve been forgotten. Hin deeds, worthy doods ¢ have rendered him immortal. “When oblivion shall have swept away thrones, ki wd principalitles—when every veatige , aod ereodeur, and glory evelh 1 into duwt—gternity iteelf chal catch the, glowipg theme, oud dwell with tincess- ing reptare on Lis pame!’ In this ancl and venerated ball, too, hang full length portraits of Jonuson, Chase, and oil, Mgr of Lue Declarasion of Independeer. it Llane and what neorlfices they 4 er od on Every act of noble sacr’ very ing ountry'a couse, bas ite jon's charscter—ia the of! patriotic devotion to the eneficial influence. An gum of ite sp.endid deeds they constitute ose common patrimony, Soe pails a's inheritance. At An-apolis, wl ited the United States Noval School for the educstion of officers for the bavel arto Of the service, as the army officers are educa'ed at the Mijtary Academy at West loimt. Abuut one bundred wad sixty boys are now in courte of tuition under an able corpe of teachers ond professors, The course of discipline ie very strict, under the cuperinteadense of Commendar Goldeboroug>, wided by Hjeutenant Marcy, oa of the preseat S»creta ile, A rumor waa retarted thet the Navy Departinent contemplated purchasing the Governor's howe and grounds, to edd to the doc! eelablishiment, but this is all « mistake. Back & purchare is not lo contemplation, as the addities in pot needed, In this connection it might not be amina to refer to the logislative action of the Province of Meryland some years ago, to show the wondorful changes which are wrought by time ia the affaire of mea. In 177), J. Hagar wae returned as the tative of Frede ick .county, baving been nel ie 1747, and being pornensed of « frethold of fifty acres of land, accor sing to the requirements of the etetate of 13 George Il: but being « Protestant, he was re fured his neat by a vote of 44 to 25. Leave was then given to bring in @ biil for vention, in such foreign Protestants as were then or should be thereefter naturalized in the Proviacs, 4. the rights and privileges of natural borm sub- Jecte; and on act with Ubat tithe and to thet effect was panned at the sume session, October, 177! chapter one which act can be found mm Henson's edition of the inwa. By thin act, in 1771, the Catho- lies aCmitted vaturslized Protestante to all the righ 1 privileges of citizenship. Le Ls71, er be- the Protestants will have passed an act in ve Province or State, excindiag asturslized Car) oles Gom there same rights ao) privileges. V bot changes in bumes affairs ia a stole convary. Tempore wetavter, & nos mutamer in ts, he lence ot the Jo | of Commerce | Wasmixuton, Toarday, Doo. 28, 1454. The Tecan Claim and the Commatia eo) Ways and Means. The Committes of Ways and Means of the House have determined to report the enate bill, providing for tha poyment of the claims of the Texem creditors bat with important amendments, Tae bill, it wi be recollected, given etgh' and s half millives for a release of the governry from the obligation es wumed noder Boundary ect. Inatead of tenu! the ive millions of five per cent stock, nip in Alten year, upon the release of the United States from the obligations of Texas based on ber pledge & pep revepue, the Senate bill to add the fourteen years interest to the the simount at once, for a relcane. tied The amendments to We pro by the Coramit- tee of Ways and Means provide: Int, the Sate of Texas shall release the United States from the claime of that Btate for Indian amounting Ww some three millions of d that the Texan bondholders shall toleaae the Boost be a fiom any obligviion on secount The reason of the last amendment is amount of the claims based on the pledge aod 2 *EE ef E | E EF is 2 7* zhi Hi i agree to the bill med by the Committee Ways aad Means. _ " Heavy Venmor « vrs Khatnoan Cowrany. ~A tan by tue name of Crocker has obtained « verdict egsinst the New London, Worcester Palmer Railroad Comonny for 11. The verdict ‘was brought in on Thareday, the court pemmion at Norwich. The sum being o: the Jodge too larwe, the Jary were sent ow ard came beck agreed open 87,200. Once more they were sent out, and returned with s verdict of $6500, which wae acooyted and entered asthe (mal ard. Crocker bad been foretbl: ted from the whereby his knee pen wae tiered. The copdectet refumed to take fifty conta for bis fare, five route exten because Crocker had Bot ticket. He maj in the uresecution that be wind to ty 8 ticket, bat the office window was dowd and care were etarti xg. Arromerame to rex The Barstoge Sentinel, of T form after stee Decne, of vf the Hopreme to fll the varaney cocasionet by { the venerable Judge Cay J shen hee eoet epee ewer in Bandy Hilt, where ow mi mow being howd