The New York Herald Newspaper, March 18, 1859, Page 2

2 ievolved in ail the appropriation 477 16; the recommendations or esti- mates of the Pi cnt involved the ee ae $52,341, 6 ¢ Post Oflice Appropriation bill, phy Hs tno of twenty millous of doilars, having failed, the aggregate amount of appropriations wos brought down (9 $40,406,148 06. Can the gentieman proters tbat the Presivent i responsible for the excess of {weive millions of oouars over and above the estimates which was appropriated by Congress? He apprehended not. ‘Then, if that be 20, let the President be held re- sponsible fur his share and Congress for theirs. the treasury is empty what does the party to which his competitor belongs propose to do? He was not sure to what party he belonged. He is net a whig, for according to the tesumony of many members of that once powerful party it is gone down. He is probably a member of what ‘Was once known as the Americen or Kuow Nothing party. ‘Mr. Goce said he never did belong to that party. Mr. Larcaxk—Well, then, he cannot belong to the whig party; for,as be (Mr. L.) had said, that party has gone down; and we were told that the american party was or- ganized partly from the elements of the whig party and the democratic party. He called upon him bere to-day to say who it was besides the whigs and Americans that con- stituted what is called ‘and others,”’ comprised in the de- of the party that nomipated him. ( Applause.) his friend came to write his letter of acceptance, he address it to the American party? No. He know “Sam” was gone. (Laughter.) Did he address it to the whig party? No, because “‘Sam’’ said, four years ago, that it was dead. Did he address it to ‘others?’ No, ‘“"decause he did not know, uor do I know, what these “others” were. (Applause and laughter.) You ail recol- ject that the treasury was empty; that it was necessary to furnish it with means; and what was tho first thing that they did to get means? They passed an Agricultural Colleges bill, to take the public lands and give tweaty thou- sand acres of land for each representative now in oxis- tence, or that might be known to exist subsequent to the census. In the State where there were public ‘The amount of mon Dills parked is $64, lands in the market, she got the land within her hor portion; but, with were, limits in satisfaction for regard to Virginia, whore no public ‘lands they were to get land scri to be upplied to college anomaly of this land scrip going into market, and selling at fifty cents to the doliar, yielding ultimately but a mere trifle, compared with the vast extent of land appropriated, ‘Tbe result woula be that the States within which the pub- lic lands le would get the lioa’s share, and the others would have to depend upon this land scrip, which, as T have said, would have to be sold at a discount of not less than fifty cents in the doliar. ‘The vote upon this colleges Dill was vineteen democrats, eight South Americans, and Seventy-eight republicans, in the affirmative; and ninety democrats, three South Americans, and seveu republicans in the negative. He toox occasion, there, to pay a tribute of respect to the President of the United States for the exercise of the veto power by which that bil! waz defeated, Whatever might be the policy or theory of his friend (Mr. Goggin) in regard to the veto power, it was a source of congratulation apd pride to him to-day that it etil! exists to check legislation that is improper and that would result Tuipously to the country. (Applause.) He would come now to Other expenditures. He would call attention to some statistics showing the differeuce between the ex- penditures of the wbig and democratic parties during their respective adminggrations, In the Tairty-third Congress, the emvcrsgiey had the control; and the appro priations tor the two years beginning with the Ist of July, 1853, and terminating in December, 1865, were $1,667,740. At the next Congrees two montis elapsed before a Speaker was ciected, and then Cullom was elected Clerk, and for the remaining twenty-two months the appropriations amounted to $2,880,971 for ‘exactly the same purposes of the previous expenditures. Besices, ail that $200,000 went over as a legacy to Cul- Jom’s successor, the present clerk, Mr. Allen, showing an increage of nearly $1,300,000 upon the expenditures of the Previous Congress. This will show which of the parties is most careful in its management of the public fiaances. Take the case of the War Department. There the ex- penses have been increased, but under what clrumstances? Our country bas been extended, and it hus become neces- Sary to protect the mails iu their transmission. Then the Utah war sprang up, and if any one is responsible for this war it was the gentleman, Mr. Fillmore, who gave Brigham Young his commission as Governor of that Terri- tory. He, then, is responaible for this war, and justly s ‘Thé army, with the necessary provisions for its mainte- mance, were required to be transported into thia Territory, else it should be surrendered to Brigham Young, and this of course involved a large outlay. He would, if he had time, call attention to the expenditures of the War De- partment from 1840 down to the present, and prove by comparison that *the expenses of this’ branch of the Public service under the present administration would compare favorably with those at other periods, considlor- ing the relative demands and emergencies which have arisen within that period. Now he would come to tho Naval Department. In the course of the last two or three years we have increased the number of our vessels. We have passed a bill authorizing the construction of eight sloops at the last session, and at the previous session we boa @ bill authorizing the construction of ten sloops. hen you come to examine the expenditures permanently applied to the construction of vessels, you will find that they are sight compared with previous outlays for this purpose. I might rua through a comparative statement showing that whilst the vessels have been increased, the expenditures have been very slightly increased compared ‘with the increase of the naval strength of the country. At the last session of Congrees an opposition gentleman came into the House and proposed a resolution conferring upon the President absolute power to deal with Paraguay ‘as he deemed proper. But what followed? We find that those who proposed to confer this power upon the Presi- dent refused to pay the expense of the expedition to Para- guay, upon the ground that the President had gono be- yond his legitimate authority. When the resolution came in the last days of the session, he resisted it, upon the ground that the constitution vested the war making ca im Congress, and that this resolution took it away rom them and transferred it to the President. I stated that while I bad full confidence ia the wisdom, prudence and judgment of the President, I could not vote ‘for it for the reasons indicated. A fever raged through the country at the time, growing out of our relations to Cen- tral America, the right of eearca question, Mexico, &., and under this panic the resolution was carried. It was known to all present toat he (Mr 1.) was nominated by the Democratic Convention, which assembled at Peters- borg, a8 tie candidate of that party for the oflice of Gover- nor of the Commonwealth. Before his nomiaation he be- Hieved ali the whigs and whig papers were in favor of his nomination, until it was fouud that his friend (Mr. Gog- gin) would agree to run on the other side. He would beg to cil attention to some newspaper articles in vindication of the truth of this statement. Mr. L. here read an ex- tract from the Norfolk Herald, expressiag tue hope that Mr. Letcher might be the democratic nomiuee, and that many whigs would waive all party prejudices and vote for him. He then road an extract from the same paper datea 21of March, instant, threg months subsequent to ination and subsequent, too, to the nomination of Joggin, denunciatory of him, and charging upon bim a want of courtesy in making his appoinunents without consulting Mr. G. He next read articles from the Bedford Sentinel, w: before his nomination and subsequent to Mr. Goggin’s nominat‘on savoring somewhat of the toue of those which appeared in the Norfolk Herald, and, like them, laudatory and abusive in turn. The latter, in its first While | article, stated that Mr. L. possessed the rare’ virtue of being an honest politician, but since Mr. Goggin’s nomina- tion denounced him as a rank abolitionist, aud asked if it ‘was possible that the people of the commonweaith would confer upon him the Govervorship. His constituents knew of the whole affair before they clected him to Congress, and they elected him again and again, with a full know lodge of ali his antecedents. He then read an extract from a speech of his delivered in Congress, in which he stated that as long as be bad a voice hand to raise, they should be raised in bebalf of the S nd its institutions. In 1866, at the town of Staunton, when he announced sen- timents of the same kind (referring to those contained in the extract referred to), he was denounced by the Specta- tor and Richmond Whig. He looked upon it as strange that he should be arraigued by the opposition press of the State for a want of integrity to the South and ber instita. tions, when the gentleman (fon. Wm. B. Preston) who presided over the late whig Convention, which nominated is friend (Mr. Goggin), was permitted to enjoy perfect immunity from censure or criticism, notwithstanding his announcement in a convention in Virginia that “man had no right of property in mant’ Where were the ro- tractions of that sentiment? How is it in regard to another (Mr. Botts) man who was the recognized leader in that convention? It has only been three phen id since he was arraigned in the columns of the rg journal of his own party (the Richmond Whig) as utterly untrue to the South, anu, therefore, not trust- worthy, and yet he is lauded today, while he (Mr. Letcher) was condemned and denounced by the oppost- e another man, Mr. R. C. Scott, who ar- gued that the power existed in the United States’ Coagress to apply the Wilmot proviso to the Territories. Was there anything in his (Mr. L.’s) record ag obnoxious as this? He wouid eay not; and yet not a word is uttered in regard to the course of these men, while he jgenounced. In the Convention which nominated bie friend (Mr. Goggin) the following resolution was offered by Mr.S. E. Scraggs and unanimously adopted: — Resolved that the whige and Americans of Virginia, in Con- yention assembled. have listened with delight and satisfaction to the able and conclu-ive address of the Hon. Jon Minor Botta, delivered nt this place to day, and that in thelr name be be re: quested to canvass the State At every convenient point, In favor Of the election of Goggin, Willey aud Preston. There is an endorsement as perfect as language can make it; and now jet us see what Mr. Botts did avow, ‘and whether there is avy man here among theee “Swa bians’’ who are charged with bringing with them from Pennsylvavia sbolition notions, who is ready to sus- tain such sentiments. Mr. 1. here read tho passage in Botts’ late African church apecch, as it appeared in the Heratp, in which he expresaed a willingness to receive the co-operation of froe negroes, were they Permitted by the constitution to exercise the elective fran. chise. Now, when such a sentiment as that is received with appl.use, and subsequently made the eubject of a resolution expressing “ delight and satisfaction” at it, does it kecome the party endorsing it to arraign want of fidelity to the institutions of the land in which he was born? Is there a man here who would be willing to alfiliate with a free negro voting population for the pur- nybody for a | pose of giving him what? For the purpose of power and | Plunder, the spoils and the Presidency. Ho (Mr. 1. ‘would like to know if there was a man prosent who woul: ‘vow such a sentiment as that. These are but some of 3 they arraign him for infidelity to the South, whil ‘admit ‘0 their confidence the men who uttered them. very connection he might call their attention to some of the «rguments upon the tweifth section used by his on his Fight (Mr. Imboden, of Staunton.) in a discus- gion with Mr. Botts upon that subject. Bat time would him. In 1848 his competitor (Mr. Goggin) ‘voted for a gentleman for the office of Vice President who agvowes some sentiments which he (Mr. L..) knew he did not endorse. On the 7thof January, 1842, a little over six Millard Fillmore was elected Vico President. Biaaings, '& petition to prevent the transportation and subjecting them to confiscation if from one southern to an- the petition on the table, }04, noes 86—Mr. Fill: If his friend could the owners of slaves starting Louisiana or Texas, lared free, because veasel at Charleston and took if s ip. Asin! Wuole wax, mundrigs, board petition preseuted by Mr. Giddings, & coe ot the table, which was oar- motion was made to lay it on ried, Mr. Fillmore voting nay upon the motion, He woud say, however, tbat br. Fillmore, a8 President of tho Uai- tea States. gave no evidence of a disposition to enforce the ultra apti-natiopal views which be evidently entertained at these periods, further than was implied ia his dis- charge of the Washington kidnappers from the pouiton- tary. You ail recollect when Mr. Adams presented the obooxious petition, purporting to have been sent from Fredericksburg, but which was ascertained to be a fraud, and you recollect, too,motwithstanding the diffculties growing out of that affair, that the party with which my friend is connected invited that gentleman to the city of Richmond to a dinner given in honor of Joha Mor Botts, when it was known to every man who signed the invitation, that Mr. Adams at that time was as inimical to the South as it was possible for any man to be upon the slavery question. Another ques- tiov. Who invited Heary Winter Davis in 1856 to ad- dress the people of Richmond? And who invited him to ‘Staunton on the same occasion? Is there ae ae who did pot know what his position was on the slavery ques- tion ag that time? No one was ignorant of it. No one ‘was ignorant of the fact that he was a free soiler, out and out; and yet he was invited to both these ‘th party to which the gentleman belongs. did 38 the people of Richmond, while he did not declare his sen: timents upon that subject; but he aided in the experimeat ot rupuing Fremont for the and he (Mr. L.) took it for granted that if Fremont had been elected he nevor would have been inaugurated. He took it for granted that whenever a candidate is elected upon purely sectional grounds, the South will not prove so recreant to its inte- rests as to allow President to have control of the ar- my snd navy. (Loud applause.) He would state here, tbat if Fremont was elected to the Presidency it was time for the South to make the issue, and take the control of the army and navy from him, and if that could not be done, to dissolve the government. (Loud applause.) Tn falling in with Mr. Botts, the other day, in Washing- ton, he (Mr. Botta) told him that if be was the date for Governor, he would put him (Mr. L.) ina very awk- ward fix, He (Mr. B) would require him to repu- diate or endorse every! that thie administra- tion bad done. If (said Mr. B) you sustained tho administration, you would be advocating the very doc- trines which we have always been contending for; and if you repudiated it, you would have to abandon your Stato Tights position. He (Mr. L.) differed with the Presidont upon the subject of specitic duties, and so dogs the Secra- tary of the ‘reasury. He (Mr. L.) was the frst man in this commonwealth, when Philadelphia a din given to President Pierce, to write an articl mond Enquirer denouncing the policy of the exercise of the power by the general government of making appro- priations to construct & Pacific railroad and specific duties. So far as Mr. Buchanan's Cuba poligy is concerned, while he Mr. Letcher) would like to see that island connected with duis government, he was not for placing $30,000,000 now in the hands of the President for purchasing it; his policy was to let it alone, for sooner or later it will come to us. If any other Power was going to take it, it would be time enough for us to raise an issue and adjust the coutrove: sy. Any appropriation of that kind looked to him like a coercive power upou the Senate to bring them to terms upon any treaty that might be negotiated with reference to its acquisition. If apy other Power attemots to take possession of it, he a8 a Southern man then would be in favor of protecting the interests of the South, steps to resist the acquisition of the island by any otuer government. (Applause.) These steps he Would agree to take under the force of an absolute necessity. He will not be driven in any way whatsoever to assail Mr. Bu- chauap. He (Mr. B.) stands here as the breakwater between the North and the South upon these sectional controversies. He has shown, through the administra tion, that he has been true to the South, and he (Afr. L.) would not now, when the North has the power in the Se: nate and House of Representatives, seek to break down that which stands between us and hari in the South in the person of the President of the Unitet States. Ae be- lieved him to be honest, and while he (Mr. 1) entertain. ed his own opinions upon these subjects, he should be pre- pared at all times to sustain whatever Was right in his policy, ana to oppose whatever he should regard aa wrong. (Applause.) If we are to wait until we ge! administration with which we can concur on every q) tion of policy, we shall wait a long time. Men have their own views, which are very oftea the result of the local influences and considerations which operate upon them. He (Mr. L.) would never agree that the democratic party shouid be united by a coalition or combination, or a Cu- sion with the republican party upon a question which af- fects its interests, its rights aud its honor in the South. He should like to know how his friend stood npon this Cuba question, He saw it stated the other day that ho was for the acquisition of Cuba when it could be properly acquired. He rejoiced at that, for it shows an improve- ment in his sentiments since 1846, when he was opposed to the Mexican war. He stated thit be was in fa- vor of holding the cities and towns which the ar- my then held until such time as a peace could be made upon terms honorable to ourseives and just to them; that he was not for haviog any of the Mexican territory; that he wauted none of the habits, manners or religion of the people of that country; that whenever we bad dqne that and made this peace, he was for the army coming home. He (Mr. L.) was not for that, If, in our intercourse with any nation, we get into diffcal- ties, he was fur holding aa to what we got until we are indemnified; and the result has vindicated the wisdom of the government, in acquiring the territory which they did, We foolishly gave up the Mesilla Valley, which we had p< oq to purchase at the high rate of tan millions of joliars. Mr. Goaeix proceeded to the front of the platform, aud went on to say that he was assured of being safe among the democracy of Rockingham. So long as we know no east and no west in the State, ic expected to find friends in the valley as in his own region of the couatry. He would say for the democracy here, ag he had said every- where, that while they would vote against him, they would take him by the hand and cali him friend. He did not come there to make war upon democracy. We came here not to discuss about John Quincy Adams or John Mino Botts, but to talk about matters im which the people of this Old Dominion were concerned. Tae reporter of the pres his respectable friend who sat by him, could te: that such wore not bis motives’ in appear ing before the people of Rockingham. The editor of the V% Democrat, published ‘in this town, who was a delegate to the Petersbarg Conveation, has given his testimouy regarding the character of the Petersburg Convention, which nomiuated his friead Mr. Letcher. From his account of it the proceedings there were anything but pleasant, reminding rather of a Tam- many Hall meeting or any ‘other rowdy assembly than of a convention composed of citizens of Virginia, He read an extract from this paper describing the dis- orderly ecenes which were witnessed at that Convention, He then proceeded to say that he hoped that hundreds and thousands of whigs and democrats would vote for him, because of the admitted fact that there was no democratic party. He would ask his competitor whether he repu diated the States newspaper at Washington, the Richmond Enquirer and Examiner, and whether he repudiated tue New York Hexatp. He would show that there is no such party now as the democratic party, aud every man who has a vote now in Rockingham is no more bound to vote for the democratic party than he is for Wm. L. Goggin, (Mr. Goggin here read an article from the Washingtoa States, which conceded that there was no tic party.) Then, said he, ifthat bese, aud Mr. Le does uot endorse the President in regard to the taciff, Pacific Railroad and Cuba policy, is it not evident tha: what the States says is true—that there is no democratic party. You are therefore resolved into your original elements, aud you have the power to cast your votes irrespective of party. He would ask if he had not as good a right to claim’ their votes as his competitor? Did be tell tuem bow he intended to get taxes enough to coraplete the works now in progress, aad coustruct thore canais and turnpikes that are necessary to develope the resources of Virginia? Hie (Mr. G.’s) Was not_& uew born zeal in the cause of internal improvement. He aiways supported the internai improvements of the State, and was one of those who ypted for the appropriation towa tral Rail road, known in its early stage as the Louisa Ratiroad—a road over which he was wafied on yesterday with almost the speed of lightning, and in which be felt He had the bonor, too, of offering a resolution in the Houge of Representatives ia the United States Congress asking an appropriation for deepening the James river, but in that instance he was met with the argument that it was unconstitutional. But we find these constitusional scruples laid aside when gentlemen come to vote for an in- crease in their own pay. (Laughter.) In referring to this matter, he was reminded of acircumstance that re- cently occurred in the Missouri Legislature. A member of that body offered a resolution on the 7th of January, propoeing that the House should not sit onthe Sth, afford the members an opportunity of celebrating the day. Another member arose and moved that the clerk be ordered tojhave one hundred posters struck off announcing that this was the 8th of January, Objection was made by « member upon the ground that it was unconstitutional. Such is the course of the democratic members; but when it comes to voting upon a bill to in- crease their pay, the constitutional question is overlooked or disregarded. You are told that there is no democratic party They tell you that the convention that assembied in Petersburg was in a condition to do anytuing. He trusted that the gentleman, when he returnet to Cou gress—which is his most appropriate sphere—will vote to afford some indemnity to all those who went down there, for they really deserve something for the sacrifices whic they made there, In regard to the Pension bill be would vate for it ifin Congress. He would say to the poor widow take your miserable pittance and go home and feed th little orphans who were made the victims of patrioti zeal to defend and maintain the honor of the country. His foelings might carry him farther than would be consistent with the interests of his constituents. There may be cir cumstances which would make it necessary forhim to fight aguinst this bill; but if he did go, he would not come forward with the plea that the treasury was empty when he would help to make it empty, (Laughter.) He would call attention to the fact that while the geatieman would rot vote in favor of a miserable pitianoe to the widows aud orphans of his own State, he would vote to defray the expenses of a distinguished fo reigner who once visited this country Do you remember Louis Koasuth? Talk about your “i. abians’’— he didn’t call them that—he called them American citi- zens; he did not care whether they came from Pennay) bia or any where else—they were fetiow citizens of his, a | af such he esteemed them. Here is a bill for the board of Louis Korguth, an exile from Hungary—not from Penn. Sylvania, but from a land thousands of milce from here. r. Letcher was in favor of a resolution to bring the afore. #aid Louis Kossuta into the House of Representatives, at show him to the members. When a committee appointed to make the neceseary arrangements were hesitating and doubting in respect to the policy of this movement, Mr. Letcher asked that it rise and report forthwith. But let ussee what the expenses were which Congress paid in behalf of this individual. For 133¢ days, twenty-three rooms, board, &., at Brown’s Hotel, $3,508 and, under the head of sundries—what do you suppose there was? It reminded him of man in his ‘neighborhood who was in the habit of going to a tavern to get a drink occasionally. He was fase: 4-1 credit, and when the acoount came to be paid, he rtook to examine it to ascertain if it wan correct. It set forth: ‘‘to one drink, ton cents.” There ‘wore a serice of oe the old fuilow remarked “Tam, be would pay for drink, but ne had go ides of paying for the dittos.” (Langhter) Let us wes what those “sundries” in the Kossuth bili ars made ap of—champagne, sherry, claret, hire, telograph expenses. They wai to let their friends know how well they we (langhter.) Brandy, whiskey, porteray: thought they would stop with the whisk &c; the mindries amounting to the neat bt a, stainpe, hack exum of #058 82, There are other itoma, amounting to $219 60—the aad al, amounting to an party. Now journal of the , Goggin read & passage ry of defeating their secret plans. This, as F coud ebeery. referred to tho He ae tol tt nse re ir. wi in vatouite x over the A revolution was about to be itwecects from the Seaboard to the valley of the Tae, Kare Exa- iner, hb fact, join in one loud the system by which sc ieyrauey he anima er fees and by which tl 'a money them at the hands of corrupt officials {p. the city of Wash- ington, Why, Mr. Letcher himself baa said that such was the extravagance of that the people ‘be called upon to insiruct their representatives in Congress to put a stop to it. Hecame-belore the people of Hockiogham and tuked theas if ‘wanted those rail- roaos and improvements that redeem the State from the jation to which she has fallen for the want of means, He would call upon to instruct their representatives in Congress to go in. the public Jands as a means to would ask them to take the long to the States, and benefit. If the pudlic lands were proceeds distributed amoug the perty they are, instead of the ‘now to be submitted to, the burden, would be comparatively light, aud larger results accomplished, If Congress can take the lands end give them to Iiinois, Iadiana, aud ail those Northwestern States, Te havea right to demand a share of them for Virguia, He would say, whether he was Governor of Virginia or not—aud God know he Lad no as- pirations to be Governor if he bad to sacrifice one political opinion he bao ever entertained, for he was persuaded that the prin‘ipies which he advocated are those which will make people glorious and ¢ would not say, ag tbe genticmen had said, that be had recanted any of his opinions. (Applause.) He would mot say now, as the gentleman does, that he believes slavery to be a moral, social and political good, if in 1847 he bold it to be moral, eociai and political evil. He would not say to tl people of Augusta that when he was a candidate for the Convention, that a light had shone upon him that satisfled him that these opinions were wrong. Geatlemen, Saul, when on his way to Damascus, was seized with the mira- culous interposition of that mighty spirit, which he (Mr. G.) trusted will direct ua as tue pillar of fire did the chil- dren of Israci through the wildueness, I say that Saui, on hia mission to Damascus, was seized with this light, and he saw those things which are recorded in the Holy Book. Like bim, the gentieman, when on his way to the Conven- tion at Richmond, was seized with a sudden light, which enlightened bim as to the error of bis ways, aud he imme: diately recanted his former opinions. How far his recanta. tion of his anti-slavery opinions is sincere, he (Mr. G.) was, of course, unable to judge; but it was certain that it came too late w carry conviction to the minds of many. In view of these facts, he (Mr. G.) could not see how the peopie of Virginia could vote to piace bim ia the guberna. propriations of “heir taxes, He that these lands be- De appropriated for their riated, and the torial chair. ‘But he comes here with extracts from somo speech of his gsiavery. This weighs but ligntly against bis av in opposition to the institution of slavery in times past. It is well known that, when oa his way to the Mouse of Representatives, he suffered that arch tatriguer in the Congress of the United States, Joshua R. Giddings, to take him by the hand and cail him his friend. He (Mr. G.) had there a speech of Mr. Giddings, sent to him under his own frank, in which he compli- mented Mr. Letchor upon tho fairness he had always ex- hibited upon the question of slavery, But the geatieman has referred to the Hon. William B. Preston, And who is the Hon, William B. Preston? He is amember of a family the inscriptions on many of whose tombs, in the county of Albemarle, tell of their position and services in the past. And no one will doubt that Mr. Preston well maintains t high character and standing recorded of his noble ances He it was who presided at the Convention which nomi. him (Mr. G.) for the distinguished oflice of Gover- nor; and that, of ilself, might well be esteemeda guaranty of ie high character and respectability. In regard to Mr, Botts, he did not stand there to defend him. He would teil the gentleman that Jobn Miuor Botts is fully capable of defending himself, as he would doubtless ascertain should he go tothe other side of the mountains, These are the men who are the supporters of bis (Mr. @.’8) nomination. It never entercd into his head to aspire to an honor so high, He considered, however, that the people are about to pay a tribute, not to him, but to that virtue and integrity in the cause of their dearest interests which will give an assur- ance of ® safe transmission to posterity of those rights which properly belong to them, His honorable competitor will not deny that in 1847 he made some strong speeches before the Franklin Socievy in favor of a division of this Commonwealth. WiA be deny that? It was one Jobu Letcher who delivered them, and, as Nathan said to David, “thou art the man.” (Laugbter.) So anxious was he to disse- minate arguments in favor of this scheme or division, that he sits down and puts his sign-manual to the letter, which he now had before him, requesting Dr. Ruffoer to present his views fully in writing upon this question and that of the abolition of slavery in Western Virginia, with view to have them published. ‘The Doctor had weviously delivered an addrees upon these sub- jects, before the Franklin Society, and the ‘object of this letter, which bears the poy coh of Mr. Letcher, was to procure a copy of it for publication, mean- while suggesting that he would not confine himself to the Innguage of the address, but embody any other views which he might think necessary to elucidate the subject. Dr. Ruffwer, in his reply, says: ‘The arguments delivered by several Of yourselves have so impressed my mind as to to lead me to the conclusions which I have ited in your behalf,” &. It so happened that bis friend here had made two or three. beforo that society. Mr. Leroure denied this, Mr. GocGin—The gentleman made two speeches before Dr. Ruffner. Mr. Lercner said it was a mistake; he made but one. Mr. Goacin—Now he acknowledges thathe made one speech before Dr. Ruffner, and the Doctor said that the argoments used by some of you led him to the conclusions which be presented. Bat aman cannot be a witness in and be would ask if it was not probable jer’ interest in this cause might tafluence him not to state what ore the real facts in this affair? If he (Mr. G.) should be elected to the office of Governor, bis doty will pot be to deal with tariffs, distribution, banks, and other questions of a federal character, but to sign militia commissions, colonel- ships, brigadier generalships, commissions, &c, He would be willing, ip the exercise of the pardon- ing power, to extend a pardon to bis competitor for his va- rious political tergiversations. (Laughter.) That would be the first act of clemency which he would exercise under this power. The gentleman referred to the editors of papers friendly to bim (Mr. G.),the Bedford Sentinel among the number. He would say that that paper, so far ag it referred to the gentleman in terms eulogistic of him, accorded entirely with bis own seutiments. But, sir, be did not know you then. There are sacritices of principles which baye baen brought out since the date of that com- plimentary notice which were not known previous to your bomupation. The developements since then have materi- ally changed this opinion, and the press now speak of you as youdererve. Mr. Goggin closed with a few other remarks. Mr, Letcier then followed in an addross of half an hour. Mr. Goggin closing the discussion with a speech of the same iength. There were no new pointe introduced in either of these addresses. The arrangoment was thateach should firet speak on hour and a quarter, and then follow in two half hour speeches. The discussion was conducted with the utrnost courtesy and good humor. They speak at Staunton to-morrow, where an immeuse crowd is ex- pected to be present. THE MEETING AT STAUNTON. Stavwto, Va., March 10, 1859. Letcher and Goggin in Staunton—Great Enthusiasm Among the People—Zhe Whigs Sanquine—Serenade to Both Can- didates, de, The dicuesion between Meesra. Letcher and Goggin, the democratic and whig candidates for the Governorship, came off in this town to-day, according to appointment. The number present was considerably greater than that which assembled at Harrisonburg yosterday. This was to be expected from the fact that Goggin’s arrival was knows here since Tuesday evening last, and that a sufficient time had elapsed to have enabled those in the surrounding country to have received the news of the proposed meot- ing. This town is gore largely whig than probably any other in the commonwealth, and the county of Augusta, in which it is situated, maintains, if anything, a still greater pre- ponderance of whig strength. If I were to estimate the degree of enthusiasm which was to await the whig nomi- nee by the strength of his party here, I should be dis- posed to place it at a very high standard; and with any other man than John Letcher as his opponent, there is no doubt that ho would bave commanded a decided advan- tage in the character of the reception and the degree of ‘enthugisem which would hail his presence, These advan- tages are not estimated lightly in an exciting campaign. They furnish an inspiration which is not without its en- couraging effect upon the candidate. He is cheered and applauded at the ciore of every sentence; and undor the influence of the confidence thus imparted, he becomes more than usually eflective in the style ef his address. The fact of this constituting part of Mr. Latcher’s Con- Bressional district neutralized the advantages which his Opponent would otherwise command in these respects. Letcher is extremely popular here, even among the whigs, many of whom, as | understand, have pledged themselves {0 vote for him from purely’ personal conaiderations. Meanwhile, they continue no less couddent of the success of the whig cauee, relying chiefly, asl observe, upon the accessions likely to result from the reported disaffection among the democracy of the southwest. This, it strikes me, is a poor reliance, for, however objectionable to many of them might have been the nomination of Mr. Latohor, the conricerations which led to these objections are by no means such ag to outweigh their all to their y: If his be the caso, the prosposte of tbo wh aro fal froma being encouraging. If they have to rely solely upon their party, vote, their defeat is certain, inasmuch as they are a decided minority. As you will gioau from my report of yesterday's discustion at Har must suffer by the unguaries burg, the whig cause reasious of Dedte jn the x Whig Convention, and tie mimequent endorsement of them by that body. Hix fre negro cowl tion sobeme # paraded by Mr. Letoher with marked fect, Itfarnisher® decided te charged upon Le the arguments bem they would bave t# Would HOt top by condemning what th they olected him to Cong to be that Ao will cela had ever received fold agaiast bir Long before the candidates a@jyaie they appearance he ours House, where the discussion was yo be ick, was be 1 kne Age of whe eneral opinion sear vie district than as 00 opponent fn the 108 cheered as they entered. The ar- rapgements for the discussion were the same as those which governed at Harrisonburg, to wit: one hour and a quarter each, and haif an hour each to close, ‘Mr, Goggin led off, opening with a review of the disor- derly character of the Petersburg Convention, and a refer- enoc t the bigh compliment paid by Mr. Buchanan to Henry Clay, in having recommended the policy of spe- ciflo duties, which bad always been advocated by that Deatsiows Statesman, In this, however, he to these facta, he was not . Letcher should repudiate Mr. Bu- chanan, for he considered there was enough in this gene- ral result to eatrange from him the support of all honest, conscientious men. He referred to the votes of Mr. Letcher In view in Congress upon resolutions ordering the printing of se- verat thousand extra copies of Liout. Gillis’ report upon tbe Oregon boundary line and the Pacific Railroad which involved a large outlay. His vote upon the reso- lution on the latter subject was the more surprising in ‘view of the constitutional oojections which ke entertained in referenco to the construction of that line. Tae cost of Gillis’ report amounted to $115,707 87, while that of the Pacific Railroad survey was $882,791 42; and this expense was incurred by a democratic administration, which denics the power of tho general government to clear out the bar in the James river or con- struct this very Pacific Railroad, for the survey of which this large appropriation was made, Alter au allusion to the fact that Mr. Letcher voted against a reso- lution from the Senate appropriating wood to the 4 of Georgetown, he went ov to charge upon him toat he had pod, for a bill appropriating $540,000 for the priating of the Mexican boundary report, and a large amount for the printing of a book on commercial relayions, and the Patent Office , which he ventared to say invaived an oxpen- diture of nearly a million an a haifof dollars. He com- pared the present administration toa banking corpora- tion, with Jamos Buchanan at its head, the Treasury note issues giving it all the form of the old United States Sank, ith Nick Biddle at its bead. He paraded Mr. Letcher’s endorsement of the Ruffner pamphlet, remarking that he was in favor of applying the Wilmot proviso to Virginia, and of drawing a line of demarcation upon the Blue Ridge, 80 as to divide the Eastern from the Western section of the State, He referred to the fact of bis having voted for Jot W. Forney for Clerk of the House of Representatives, and Wendell and Seaman for Public Printer and Superintendent of the Public Printing—men who are eonfederate and combined to plunder the trea- sury. He closed with a few remarks showing that Mr. letcbor bad never rendered any aid ‘a the cause of inter- bal improvements, and should not, therefore, be elected to the position to which be aspires, Mr, Lyrcuxe denied that he was opposed to internal im- provements, He accounted for the erroneous impression on the mind of bis aniagonist regarding his internal im- provement views, by stating that the county in which he lived being largely whig, bo had no opportunity of serv- ing in the Legislature, where {6 position on that subject might be tested, As regarded the Convention which nomi- nated Mr. Goggin, the question with them was not who was to be chosen as the nominee of the whig party, but who would be found to accept the nomination. With refe- rence to the charge of having voted for Forney, be had nothing to conceal about it. When he was first a candi- date for Clerk, and when his character, so far as he knew, stood as fair a his competitor's, he was rather disposed to favor his election; but after the Forrest letter made its ap- pearance, he (Mr. L.) did not only not vote for him, but refused to go into a caucus in which his name was to bo presented as the choice of the party. After that his inter- course with Forney stopped, from that day to this, In re- gard to Wendell, he denied baving ever voted for him for the office of Public Printer; and as to Seaman, to whom the gentleman referred, be would intorm him that the office of Superintendent of Public Printing, which he held, was not an elective office, but merely an appointment, conterred by the President of the United States, with the advice and consent of the Senate. There (said L.) were three charges upon which ho was arraigned, but of which he was not guilty, in any sense of the word. He could appeal to the people of Augusta to come up and say that his course, as their representative in Congress, was right and proper—a fact which they had attested by their endorsement of it, heretofore, on more than one n. With regard to his vote on the reso lution appropriating wood for the poor of Georgetown, he would say that be voted against it from a conviction that there was noauthority under the constitution to make such ‘an appropriation. He said he might with equal propriety yote to have the people of Augusta supplied with tea, or coffee, or sugar. The principle was the same, Ho was charged with having voted for a bill to defrag the ex- penses of Kossuth and bis suite while in Washin; It 80 happens that the House of Representatives did not voto one dol for any such purpose. It so happens that the money was taken by the Senate out of ita contingent fund, and paid by them to Brown for that purpose. As for his particular friendship for Kossuth, his friend, Mr. Stewart, might remember that when they went’ together to the dinner ee to him they merely waited to hear a specch from Mr. Webster, and immediately after left; and that was the last that he had since. He referred to the strange position of the gentle- man in being iu favor of a distribution of the public lands, or their application to some other purpose than that ol revenue, when the treasury is empty. Instead of voti these lands away for purposes such a8 were contemplat in the College bill, vetoed by the President, ho held that they ought to be reserved ag a source of revenue, to ob- viate the necessity of imposing heavy taxes upon the poor, in the form of high tariffs upon tea, sugar, coffec and the other necessaries of life. Mr. L. referred to the vote of Mr. Goggin when in Congress against tho annexation of ‘Texas, and reviewed the great advantages which resulted to the country from the acquisition of that State—advan- tages which, of course, would be lost if the vote of the gentieman, and those of his party, could eM.ct its exclu- sion. He also reviewed the results which followed the Mexican war, to which the gentleman was so strenu- ously opposed, and the untenable objections advanced by him against the acquisition of Mexican territory, with its mongrel population, habits, religion, &o. "Would he now (asked Mr. L.)' drive California from these States, and siy now that the acquisition of California has been a disadvantage w vs from the time of its connection? In regard to the Ruloer pamphiet, the gentleman said he was opposed to him (Mr. L.) because he weut for a di- vision of the State of Virginia. “It will be reogitected, said he, that the James River Canal had beea brought to the town of Lynchburg, where it was proposed to stop it. A held in the couuty of Botetourt and other €s\0n Commenced in the Frank- lin Socicty at al!,in regard to the ‘ojustice which had been done to the West by refusing to extend this impor- tant improvement. Western meu had coniributed their moncy for the purpose of making the James river im- provement, and when they were about to enjoy the bene- fit of that improvement, it was suddeniy arrested in its progress; and this naturally led to some excitement. It was said that if we wore to be taxod for works and receiv- ed no benefit in return, it was better the State should be dividea, When this state of facts came up the question arose in the Franklin Society aud was discussed there, and while the discussion was going on the Legislature made appropriations to prosecute the canal and other works of improvement in the western country. Then the whole thing settled down, and when the gentleman was to Ly to Lexington, he (Mr. L.) would get one of bis own friends to give him the whole record, that he may examine for him- self. (Mr. Goggin said there was no necessity—that he had it already.) As to the printing of the Gillis report, and those other reports referred to, he did not think that he should be held responsible for these ee: He was op- posed tothe printing, as might seen by reference to the record. He then closed with a reference to the ob- noxious sentiments uttered by Botts in the Whig Conven- tion, and the reading of some extracts from the Rich. mond Whig of January 8 and 15, 1856, denunciatory of Botta for advocating the striking out of the 12th section from the Know Nothing platform. The two half hour speeches which followed were chiefly devoted to the discussion of the quostion of distribution. ‘The next discussion takes place at Lexington; the home of Letcher, ap Saturday, the 12th inst. A warm cobtest is raging here for the representation of thisdistrict. There are no less than five candidates in the field, all democrats. None other would have a re: mote chance, the district being overwhelmingly demo. cratic. It is thought a convention will be held, in which event four of the aspirants must necessarily be ruled out. heard of him THE MEETING AT LEXINGTON. Lxxivatox, Rockbridge county, March 12, 1859. Discussion between Messrs. Letcher and Goggin—Letcher Ap- peals to the People to Vindicate Themselves and Him from the Charge of Abolitionism made against Him as their Representative—He Defends the Democratic Party from Charges of Eztravagance—Vindicates the Secretary of War—Parades the Free Negro Cealition Scheme of Botti—Goggin Repudiates Botts—Calls upon Letcher to Define his Position with Reference to the Cuba, Pacific Ketivoad, Mexican Protectorate and Tariff Schemes of Buchanan—Letcher does not Refer to Them in his Re, ply, dc., de. T arrived here at 12 o'clock last night from Staunton, after a mostfatiguing journey. My route Iay from that town by railroad to a place called Goshen, and thence, a distance of twenty-five miles, to this town by stage over a rond the most rugged I have eyor travelled, It runs through the most delightful moun tein scenery I have ever beheld; bat this ad vantage I had to forego to avoid the harrassing inci dente of the route, Two miles an hour is regarded as good speed over this road; and be assured that this rate of speed was just fast enough to render a position in the stage endurable. The tossing and rolling at this snail's pace was too much for « traveller of dyspeptic tenden cies. The town of Lexington is situated in a neat valley entirely hemmed in by mountains. In summer it is much frequented by visiters on their way to the celebrated Natural Bridge, which lies about eleven miles from here, It powerreor come advantages as a business centre, the woot of travel facilities to Staunton giving it © movopoly of the trade of the rich valley in which it is loeated. Ite popelation consists of about eixteen or eighicen hunired persons, besides the ptudent# at Washington College and the cadets at the « Military Tnetivats, both of which are sisuated ir s immediate neighborhood. Those Institutions impar t the (own @ focial attraction, and ® benefit in point of which the inhabitante prize agrentdenl, The scone 1 vod the town is the moet magnifvent {n the coun try. The Blue Ridye lines (ton the east, and the North Meuniains on the wost, the offehogta irom both forming tend ——————$ nearly acirclo, within which lies the vailoy where this town is situated, But ail these advantages caw bardly ro- pay far its difficulty of access, aud the want of travelling facilities between it and tbe railroad—some thirty miles hence. Long before the hour appointed for the gubernrtorial can didates to commence the discussion, which was half-pas, eleven o'clock, the neighborhood of the Court House, where the discussion was to take place, was literally thronged with persons. The cadets and students from the Military Institute and Washington College were out in large num. bers, and eagerly thronged the various passages to the Court ‘to secure a favorable position as eoon as the doors From the large numbers pre- were thrown epen. sent, and the utter tmpossibility of their being accommo- dated within the Court House, it was suggested that the 2 oe ope air; but this they ro- i kbrid I political point of view, and it-was, yar , and, with this conviction, they re- gard a triumph by the whigs in this olection as disastrous to Wise’s prospocts. efforts to avert such & consequence. I should have noticed ‘m connection with my report of the speeches delivered ag cone cold bets ict Ie oy an cman ty Mr. for the nal ri lately represent yy Mr. Tateber, ina briet address at the close of the discussion ‘between the gubernatorial candidates, denounced the dec- trine of equatter sovet ty in unmeasured terms. The denunciation was jaded vocife )from which T in- fer that Douglas bus fallen considerably in the good opinion ‘of the people of the great “Tenth Legion,” which is the chief source of democratic strength in Virginia. When such an exhibition of hostility to this doctrino is made at that point, there is but little chance of the doctrine finaing favor in Kastern Virginia, where the people are far more sensitive upon the subject, from their large interest im slave property. I can say,as the result of my inquiry and observations go far, that the exhibitions of preference for Gov. Wise abroad, as the Presidential candidate for 1860, and the indications thus afforded of his availability, are winning to him many in this section who were hereto- fore to him. This feature of availability, ope- rating upon a people with « strong inherent love of glory, and possibly of the spoilz, ia very effective, and affords the best guarantee of support when the crisis comos, It is working well for Wise, you may be assured. Athalf-past eleyen o'clock Mr. Letcher commenced ad- dressing the people, by informing them that, according to arrangement, he and his competitor would open the dis- cnssion with an hour and a qnarter’s speech on eagh side and hal an hour's specch, each, to close. After a brief r jerence to his past course as their representative, he al pealed to thera to vindicate themselves aud him from the stigma attempted to be cast upon them by those who charged him with infidelity to the institutions of the South, They partook necessarily of any stigma which would at- tach to him, inasmuch as his course had received their endorsement at different periods within the past eight years. He entered into a detail of the Agricultural Cokeges bill to justify his vote against it, and then proceeded to justily his vote for the admission of Oregon us a State by showing the uniform attach. ment of the country lying on the Pacific slope of this Union to the cause and interests of the South. He instanced California, whose Senators and members, with the exception recently of Broderick and McKibbin, were always found hattling with the South. Seeing this, he voted for the admission of Oregon; and by her admission the South was strengthened. If, said he, the views apd policy of many of the Northern men should be carried out, ¢ imagined thut the South would not remain in this Union for any period of time, unless she should come to the con- clusion to abandon her interests, and submit to the concrol of Northern power. He was as stronga Union man as any in this country. He desired to see it preserved and main- tained; and so far as he could do anything to preserve and maintain it, it will be done. At the same time, he owed allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia above all, aud whenever the bonor and interests of the old State are con- ed; whenever it becomes necessary to defend their whenever he saw the flag of that State, with its motto, Sic Semper Pyranniz, attempted to be snilied or dishonored, he would not say where he would be found. While the Union is sustained, let it be sus- tained according to the ‘constitution; but whenever the constitution and the rights and interests of the States under it are disregarded, his voice will be for disunion, and if he bag an arm to raise, in any controversy, it shail be raised for Virginia. He then proceeded to the discussion of the public expenditures, maintaining that the administration should be held responsible only for the amount of its esti- mates, and Congress for whatever they appropriated over and above them. He then gave a comparative statement of the expentes of the War Department since the year 1846 to the present time, closing this branch of the ad- dress with a eulogy on the Secretary of War, Gov Foy: 4 whom he believed to be entitled to the confidence of this country for the ability and fidelity with which be has dis- charged his duties He justified the expenditures in this department for 1859, which amounted to $6,643,809 78, by a reference tothe rebellious conduct of Brigham Young, and the necessity of compelling him to submit to the laws and gove:nment of the country. He next entered into a comparative statement of the expenditures in the Navy Department from the year 1847-8 to 1857-8, as follows:— Bepenies Gentruction “Mail Service and ‘eseel?, Mach'ry, dic. Special Objects. save + 810,069,118 75, $500,808 a1 + 10259452 97 (668,889 90 121728097 00 763,141 OL 7,811,872 94 1,733,324 17 7,740,859 17 1,172,769 66 8,251,165 08 728,500 25 8,301,268 29 2/410/576 99 9,840/283 35 8/473 844 BL 10,888,460 27 3,250,126 08 10,407,862 03 2,831,195 05 12,222'635 83 1,861,344 19 penditure of $340,000 to pay Gales & Seaton for printing the American State papers, for which the republicans were responsible, and Grow’s Homestead bill, with other expenditures, chargeable to that party, and’ not the administration. He referred at come Fengit to the povition assumed by Botts in the Whig Convention at Richmond which nominated Mr. Goggin, and read from his speech, as reported in the Hgrap, the passage where- in he expressed a willingness to coalesce with free no- groes, were they qualified to vote, in order to defeat the democracy. This is producing decided eiiect, and is a lucky offeet for the ges growing out of the Ruffner pamphiet, He asked if such a sentiment as that (refer- ting to Botts’ remark) would be applauded here as it was in the Whig Convention—a sentiment in which it was avowed that, in order to obtain power to get hold of the Presidential office in 1860, a coalition would be formed by the whig party with any State composed of free negroes, 4re you willing spa he) to form such a coalition as this, and proclaim to the country that the only object you hay in view is the spoils of office and the administration ef the federal government? He apprehended not. He knew many present were whigs and opposition men, but yet fe imagined that even they would not desire a triumph upon terms like these. And yet this is the party—a par- ty which endorsed this sentiment of Mr. Botte’—that sailed him and his constituents for a want of fidelity to the interests and institutions of the South. Mr. Letcher closed with a further reference to the Hon. Jobn B. Preston, of the late Whig Convention, who, in the Legislature of 1832, declared that man had no right of property in man, Mr. Goggin opened with a disavowal of any responsi- bility for whatever Mr. Botts had said, and regarded this reference to Botts’ sentiments as a decoy to draw him off from the other important issues involved in the canvass, He regarded this attack upon Botts as coming with a bad grace from a gentleman who supported Mr. Van Buren, ‘the advocate of free n suffrage, and voted for L. D. Campbell, of Ohio, in his contest with Vallandigham for seat in the House of Representatives. He maintained that Mr. L.’s) vote for the admission of Oregon was not justi- bie in view of the fact that her population amounted to only 60,000, while Virginia was required to have 96,000 for each representative which she sends to Congress, and up- braided him with his efforts in 1847 to apply the Wilmot provigo to the State of Virginia, or, in other words, to di- vide the State. He then referred to the course of Congress ‘in failing to pass the Post Office be ghee thus bang 3 ing toa standstill that branch of the public service in which the poor of bonkeeas Rty particularly interested, and to their efforts to raise postage to five conts. This he charged upon the democracy. After alluding to the relative character of the conventions which nominated Mr. Letober and himself, quoting from the Valley Demo- crat @ description of the rowdy scenes which characterized the Convention at Petereburg, he proceeded to charge Mr. Letcher with aaving voted against the Bounty Land bill of 1865, and to reduce the appropriation for returning the slaves of the Echo—or, as he said, for suppressing the in- famous African slave trade—from $75,000 to $45,000. ‘The gentleman, #aid he, was seized with economical gripes when he voted for that reduction. He (Mr. G.) if in Congress, and it required ten millions of dollars to sup- press that trade, would have cheerfully voted for it; and he would say here that if ever he got to be Governor of Virginia, as he Inevitably shail, the last thing that he should ever do would be to recommend the rivival of the African slave trade, He would not have the Governorship of Mai ol if it was to be had at any sacrifice of feeling or principle. He pro- claimed himself now and forever the friend of a tariff that will protect domestic industry, and that would not impose abeavy burden upon the people. He asked the gentleman if he would permit foreign iron to come in and compete with home production? Indeed he need not ak that question, He knew he was opposed—op) to it too, in the teeth of the fact that Mr. Buchanan himself says he is in favor of it. He (Mr. will tell you that upon this question he boy doar the platform of the Presi- dent, and yet he comes here and asks that you would yote for him, in preference to him (Mr. G.), of course on no other ground than that he is @ resident here and was born among you. He did not tell you whether ho was oppost to the bankrupt law. He said that if during the panic of ’47 he had the power he would aged ‘ation of every one of those banks that suspended, cod require you to d_ silver; and yet the tte. . wood for tho of Georgetown, resolution to provide pln sho 1 to the relief ‘ago, on her way to this country, in reply, referred to the charge made of voting in favor of Campbell, of Obio, preference to Vallandigham, and pro- duced the record of the vote on a resolution declarin; bim entitled to his seat, which was yeas 92, nays 11' Mr. Letcher voting in the negative, woth back before the people, seeing, from a careful exami- of the votes, that ¢ was a tic botwoen them. proceed Congrems of the Oth of August, 1841, that Mr, Goggin | gen ‘They are, therefore, using their best | voted aye upon a tariff bill discriminating in favor of railroad 1p, K was iB fapt lightening the burdee upow. Ccorporutions and placing it upon individuals, He re. ferred to the fact tbat the gentleman repadiated Botts, though he was entoreed by the Convention that | pomitlated him, und thst waile be charged bim with beg fug repudiated ihe administration in the teeth of tts eader Bation by the Petersburg Convention. This he regarded as, inconsistent, He intended, however, to keep himself and Botts in the game yoke; but he feared, whatever his friend might do, he would finit Botts refractory. As regards the population of Oregon, he had it upon the authority of General Lane that it amounted to at least 90,000, Mr. Goggin, m closing, reminded Mr. Letober that he omitted to answer his question as to whether he was for or agatnet the Cuba, Pacific Railroad, Sonors protectorate aad tariff schemes of Mr. Buchanan. 'The gentleman, said Re, is carrying water upon both shoulders. 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T DE PERCRVA @T BROADWAY—ALL KINDS A of Prenan ouabrotiery to order, initials for handkerchiefs, table linen and bed Slothes, sanlioning, silk eraeeidess, Oa.5) transferring, laces done up tte new. "and under garments always on hand and made to order. RIBBONS AT THE RIBBON STORR Br awe eo bhale No. 154 Bewery, third deer - an Broome street. The single piece at importers bea R PLAIN RIBBONS AT THE B&BBON 8TORR Bea awis P. TIBBaL, No. 154 Bowery, third door oa, er The @ piece at tmporter’s bex se. ARLOTTE G. SMITH IS NOW OFFERING AT OME ‘new show rooms « handsome assortment of mantles, cagsocks and sacks, in cloth, velvet and for first class trade. Also ladies’ and ‘misses’ spring bonnets. ‘Ki of the above made to onder, 1,002 Hrosdway, ous Goat above Twenty-aisth OUGLAS & SHERWOOD'S PATENT TOURNUBE CORSET. Ti ticle combines in arment & corset of superior sone an iis and & bustle of perfect model, ‘ensuring, twee an healthful action to the lungs snd comfortable the apine. Ithas been pronounced by all who ba support te ve soca facture thelr EXPANSION SKIRT, ‘stan tote carSSrtalt known for se: duribilty. jebral MATINEE SKIRT, ‘Together with over seventy other different atyles, the Intest of which are THE PALMETTO Ann 7H NEW SEKLKTON SKIRT, Containing 18, 17, 20 and 80 hope, made of the SUPRRLOR QUALITY OF STEBI, blah ba ‘always characterized r and a. Ping (nat thestamp.of DOUGLAS & SHERWOOD ts epon em, E* FAIR WIND. ¥F. DERRY & COMPANY, IMPORTING TAILORS, 87 Walker su Fave now in store complete iasoctzashts of the various ma- Bufactures of MESSRS. PAUL, BAOOT & FILS’ BEDAN. ‘Their French cloths and ies of cassimeres “ mended for permanency ontidence recom: of dye and beauty of fabrio, being g made to order. a7 Walker sroak: PXBROWERIES, STAMPED GOODE, £0, OF THE finest ‘and variety of design: Indies’ night dreas ‘ikes of the most recent styles: ali Kinds of embroideries done i order. Moglish, French, Spanish and German spoken. Mrs. PETERCHEN, 194 Grand street. Fk SAL BOMBAY FOR, CASH, 4 LOT OF poked embroider ported by a Parisian Indy, Inquire at wr DUMOU LENS: 106 Frankl atreet. TENTION.—PATTERNS OF LADIES AND a ‘= clothing of every description, at TAYLOR'S eaa- rium of fashion, 40f Broadway. Competent Indien wasted ‘g0 South to take charge of dressmaking R. LYON ISAACS, AGENT, HAVING BEMOVED from No. 5 Division street to No. 31 Catharine wishes to inform all Southern and Weatern buy: slse the: yubiic, that having & mneda on band, jow will now for yourselves at $1 Catharine street. N saangesorsce b Canal street. ‘ANTILLAS a lears ivant te our stock, which is ly adapted for the wholesale Our prices will be found to compare Se ror Sign auy other poone ia te ree Ye, sre. pomeent of best facilities: for the pure! eed manufacture of our ‘ABBOTT, POLLOOK & COUIRAN, 317 Canal street, OW READY AT THE CARTER LACE MANUFAG large, rich lot ot laces, new styles, fade exerenaly 6 tory, & for this apring trade: coliars and sets, at half Prices, af 40'Fourth atrect, frst store weetof Broad way. KIRTS.—TWELVE SPRING SKELETON SKIRTS, BRLF- SeeanS fouerae @ tae ames S11, and lee floxen, é La ‘springs for $1: l. ‘OL HARDING. BL Spring street, near Hudsons. ABLE LINENS—A FIRST RATE STOCK OF BARNS- ~ ley, Scotch and Irish make, in all ies, from coarse TidoW Hons and sncetiags in every” width cod cesity at the i I e big moderate prices. vi baat _ ‘and snow drop napkins, from $1 50 to ight dozen; brown, for kitchen woven, collars'in every pattern; linen camprichandkereblefs, and every other kind and description of genuine linen goods, always (or iy i 166 Broadway, seve Autor piney, cast gt br ‘above Astor place, east aie. eo. MILLIKEN & '00., Propetetiee EISKER BROTHERS, 95 AND 97 DUANE 8T WwW have removed from 23 John street to the ~ aa % AND 97 DUANK STREET, qrimv martial Deans) re they have opened a large and well nelacted ati SPEING MILLIG ERY GOOUS, eee Comprising ribbons French ‘american flowers, < ie lnces and ruchea, ‘e. Lf Biraw gooda Which they offer at the lowest prices, and to which ine: attention of th cali the e trade. Auction sales regulart aia Fegularty 1859. MANTLIAR an WHorKsaLu, |. For Sonthern and Wentern trade, In elegant new Paria styles. PABNOH LACE POIN FRENCH LAGE TALMAL FRENCH LAGE OLRUULA! PLAIN SILK OIROUL, NET MA OLOTH OHESTRRFIELDE AND 2A) ‘The most varied stock in the city, at moderate ‘and good AT GRO, BULPINY I Getween Thompson's sad Tavior's Halobas? __.___. SPRING FASHIONS. Fae : Ball and bridal Head dt id bouquets, 4 Cull and general assortment of every description of French Jobbere and milliners are invited to cull and exumine at PRIUB’S Artificial Flower Manufaowry, Se UY YOU PLAIN RIBBONS AT THE RIBBON BTORK of LEWIS P, TIKBAL, No. 164 Bowery, third door hove Brose sireet, The single pleos et Importer’s box price. UY YOUR PLAIN RIBBONS AT THE sIRBON STORE of LEWIS P. TIBBAL, No. 154 sowery, third door above Broome sireet, ‘The single piece at importer’s box price. BS AND A HORBARD, NO. 7 OND STREET, New |. York, reapectfully invite the attention of ladies and all in ierented fo millinery aud dressmaking to Welr opening, ow Thuraday, March 24, 1860. ASHIONABLE HATS FOR CITY TRADE, ASHIONABLE HATS FOR BOUTHERN TRADE, FASHIONABLE HATS FOR WESTERN TRADE. FASHIONABLE HATS FOK MILLINBRS. Mra. 6. P. LOVETT, agent Faria Miliaery, Broadway, up stairs, as nuend- = RENCH BONNETS, ADAME HARRIS & SON, 57 Broadway, bave just received, per steamer, a large asvort iment of Paria ‘pattern bonnets, for the Southern and Western. trade, which they will offer very low for cash, \LOWERS.—FRESH ARRIVALS PRR THE BALTIMORE i Atiinropa at A. MANNEVILUICR, 6 oaiay ad whol prices inere, besides ® splendid assoruna ete beaddresses the trade ai Mh. ret oltfures. nian ILM. NS ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, wr tN Your po renown for Ure finest artificial How ors, hesddresses, de. at wiatowte THE LECTURE SEASON, ‘ON, JOBHUA B. GIDDINGS WILL UR “The Hi Law, the oo, proper ae et hoon Hd vernment,”’ the Young Men's Christian Union, In Olt. oe ee [ght onan, Oi ‘Dist inst , at Broadway and at the door. WeW. Dabur Chatrman of Lecture Commiites. __WATCHES, JEWELRY, «0. AIAFORNIA DIAMONDS—IN BREASTPING, BINGE, ate tne style, are ‘or tale sad made ute Jewelry sore, 831 lrondway. opposito the theatre. pases debates donne sorter eel MPORTANT NOPICR TO LARS — MB q GAMUSL ELIA: st ornament manitacturgry of the Area and der of os Jot goods at very low prices, "Ordare reemired at. 10h Slmckoe ‘Mew York, whjoh will be immediately