The New York Herald Newspaper, March 19, 1860, Page 12

iv . THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION. to Reasons for Changing the Meeting a Larger City. Famine Prices at Charleston, and Exorbitant + Charges of the Hotel Keepers, YEN DOLLARS A DAY "OR BOARD. toar General Dissatisfaction, of the Delegates and Ochers, Rees Pay ae ONANCES FOR (QUARTERS AT CHARLESTON— EXO/:BIVANT PRICES DEMANDED, OW, SPROLAL W&SHINGTON DESPATCH. ‘Wasumcton, March 17, 1860. Wrery cay preduces come new evidence from Charleston that Uc iandbords ef the hotels and boarding Louses are ebay ging tho most extravagant prices for quarters @Y ing the sesnion ef the Democratic jcaa) Convention. member of Congress received s letler @ day or two “stoce, im Fepty toan application for quarters, stating thas fe coo have ¢ room provided he would agree to pay the erermons price of ten or twelve doliars for it from the 3th of April—eight daye before the Convention meets, He clined taking it. Another gentleman showed mea inter to-der, which he received from « citizen of Charles- tar, 10 where he applied for roome, with board for himself, wile and con, informing him as follows:—‘‘1 went to @e principal hotels to sce what I could do for you, but a)! wefasodg ositively to have apy ladies im the house, ae in eaeb ote) dawing rooms, parlors and balls wil! be packed with Peds and cols, snd exch occupant will be charged tom detiare per day. Inext went toall the private boarding Dewees, and found thom all engaged. Next 1 went osovera rivete houses, and 2! Inst I induced @ indy to fay she Weald sceommodate you, if you and your wife will take & Bedroom and lo: Gherlie sloop in the parlor on a sole. Me wil) charge you teen dollars per day for the Maree. I arsure you yo not do better if rou wieh to @eme. ] Lave never secn such mo exciting ume bere as Mere ie sdou! the Convention, ] board at the Hoare, bot bad tc give up my room last week Unul the ta of May, for she landlord tld us all that we meet pay during April fifty dolare per week, nad then allow bim to pot some one cise ic em room, This 1 could not aiford, and went Wea friend's hours, and now fnd I must change again. md God only knows where I shall go. The reason why Beard will Le so enormous is that everything im market ie very bigh. Beef now sells for fifty cente per pound, and everything is im tha! proportion.’ Biloris are making to procure enough perrous to char- fey enc or more first class ocean steamers in New York, each » crack hotel in itself, and go round to Charleston in ‘Baal wey, the passengers, iw such an event, only having te land a! Charleston to attend the Conventior, without ‘being beholden in the least to the landsharke. ‘Tho Commitee from Baltimore arrived here this even- tg to confer with the Nationa! Democratic Commities tn wegard te hokiing the National Conveation in the latter ity. They offer to furnish the neceesary roous for dela gations, Xc., free of cost, and the bovis and ozber places @f aecommodation wil! not advance in prices. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION—CHANGE FROM CHARLESTO: he Chariettov New?, March 14} ity of Charleston, however ample for imited in comparison wita the to meek avons during the es. = of April. To fe bh in the most ex- Bded |, and to arrange for av many visiters as possi- Ble, great expente has been and will be incurred oy the rds ic changing the whole furniture and arrange- menis of their establishments, 80 as to provide for the en- Seriaimment of 2 much larger number of guests. For in- stance, the Charleston Hotel wil] be fitted to alford com- Sortable ‘bed and doard”’ for one thousand guesis, where- ge under the present organization, three hundred would absorb its accommodations. Large rents, wo, have been them for outside houses for guests. In addition, vy outlays have been and will be made on contracts and porchaser of supplies to feed the thousands expected. Already do they suffer enbanced expenses from increased ices In eli market article, arising from a hoiding back y the marketmon of meat, ke , for the convention period. Tu this respect onr people at large even now fee} the con- ‘vention to be & burden. The charge of tive dollars per day, wetead of being an extortion, is but a neceasity—a tary return compensation for the efforts made and the ex- pemees invotved The New Yoru Herat urges that the place of meeting shall be changed from Charleston, and eneeringly says that the little city, with fis forty’ thoosand inhabitants (hall of them siaves), cannot accommodate tue masses— it from twenty to fiiy vbowsand—who w.sb and the country abould rejoice at any circumstance whieb should relieve the convention of the outside pres- sure which would come from the corruption, aspirations, mverference ard insolencs of euch a mass. The appro: priate parties who should be at the convention do not ex- eeed a thousand. Charleston can and wil! provide for the mocommedation of ten thousand decent vs enough for any democratic purpoee. An ‘will guarantee that New York and other Northern cities will meep away from Charieston their shovlder hitters, plog ughes, prize ightors, blackguard oilice seekers, pick. pockets, burglars and rowdies generally, the News will gvarantee that Charleston (now having sixty thousand in- babitants, two thirds whites,) will oave accommodations weacy for every reapectable and weil bebeved visiter who may wish to be here during the convention. Charleston Rae but jttle adinity with the convention, and less with the thousands who ome in ita train, and her people, hewever afew might complain at the removal, would be rejoiced if it were asserabled at another place. The de from Washington announces that the De- Committee there propose to call the Con- vention to some other piace than Charleston. They have Re righ: to dogo. The Jast Convention selected Charleston ‘ae ibe piace for the astembly, and this commitice, ap: pointed by it, were not charged with any authority In the mower. They 2 + not be amusing if she committee did make the to New York, and the Northern delegations met and the Southern delegations, adhering strictly, ne w wont, t authority and usage, met at Charleston! id it not be @ propitious political event? Tue South, consisting of nearly all the democratic States, aud con: ettoting the true democracy, wonid lay down a constita- opal platform, nominate a proper statesman for the Fresitency, and tne onscrupulous unecnndness of the Northern democracy being slovghed off into the New York bedy (representing nothing but themselves), would Jeeé wors unfurl the constitutional banner, ana wader 1: vent back the hoata or Sdolition, or give deliverance to be Southern Staies. {From the Charleston Merecry, March i An intense exe!ement prevailed in the city yesterday, athe publication of our special Washington cespate mejeh in some measure cast a donbt over the moeting 0! ve Convention, Arrangements, which had ogress, were suspended in many ‘netances, ibers faintly carried on, with frequent reading of the ' with surmises as to what might happec. The ®. winter's earthquake was nothing to it. By the tenor of our despatches thie morning, it will be e& that the gentiemen composing the committee asbingtor are sii]i scheming. One of our special des. aches very shrewdly suggests the motive for the dis- esion. lt is, however, in our opinion, but the pretext ized by the friends of Mr. Douglas to transfer the Con- tion, if possible, to some city where they will be in > ascendant. This movement commenced many maths since, when they prated of the danger to ipprehenied from personal violence ‘n Charleston. however, their last card, and this wil! fail. Mr. uagias’ friends see plainly that 2 Convention in Charles- 4 Will preserve a Southern aspect, and cannot be brow- aten or builed. Fith reference to the allegations of these interosted ‘ties, there ie muct that is imagination, and much that exaggeration. The six hundred and fifty gentlemen © compose the Convention will be taken good care of, » the prefer ven them. Aboutone hundred have ady been \ to accept of the hoepitalities of ocr Jens, and many more undouptedly will be. But the hangers on, who are not admitted to the floor of g Convention, must take their chances for feed and . It ie greatly to be desired that their number may juced to as small a figure as possible. Convention will meet in Charleston; but if Mr. swias and his friends desire a Northern Convention, ie: ef Call one. HIGH PRICES IN CHARLESTON MARKET, [From the Charleston Courier. } jeme high price of meat atthe present time is causing Giweatisfaction our citizens. So general iz plaint, many are to inquire into the causes, to ask whether there is no remedy. Oo Monday & large number of the beef stalls in the market ther barren of meat. Prices of frst quality a twenty to area areca per pound; eighteen cents per pound. inquiry the arrivals of beef cattle for the past few have Neo ang high slow and ie 4 number. ore are demanding ‘lees, and holding back cattle. Some of our butchers have been compelled milch cows wherever they could be picked up in . The supply of veal and mutton is very light zoioe pieces of the former, as high as thirty-one “per pound was paid on Monday morning. The pric Itry has also risen very high: turkeys, from four ‘collars per pair: two dollars to two and a fowis ove doi and a quarter to one and a ‘Vegetables have also felt the stimulus. Northern a, sold on Saturday acd Monday at twenty-five tWor smal} and thirty-seven cents for large heads. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE. Committee—The Commitice Ditposet to Change th: and Place of the Convention, with Furth:r Authority Shape of Complaints and Remonsirances Against lestom, er. yp tiudicious selection of Charkeion as the place for cratic National Conyention is now eo etrikingly NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, saan lfest that we un? cetend the question of & change of the place is begin’ ay 46 be seriously dissumsed ameng be democratic m* avers of the two houses, Ney, wore: we are informey rom » responsible scarce, that it ie highly Probable t” ., noun the time and place of the said Oonven- Wen WY" vet be changed—the time to perhaps a week or ver the Chicago Convention, and the place to Balti- ore. Among the objections to Oharleston the mort prominent are—firet, the incapacities of the place for the accommo. dation ef the mnlutade whieh will be present; and, se- condly, the high prices or extortions, if you pleaze, for rooms and board, to which visiers at Charleston during the Convention will be subjected. As wo have already stated, the capacities of Charleston (a quiet littie city of forty thourana souls, over half slaves) are not more then equal to the acoommodetion of five and people; but, should the Convention be held at Charleston, nero with doubuess not be less than bivhawe & thousand strangers attendance, and there ay pean Jy be as many as Sfiy thousand people drawa to ground, should the astion Of the Convention be delayed by exciting debares. What, ‘then? Why, then, the ‘of this multitade will be thrown into the streeta vor their lojgivgt. Aud how mre these Ww be fed? They cuunct be fed, without large shipments of provisions from the Nortb, South Caroline is not a provision producing State beyond ite own exoept in tho single artivie of ‘rice. Even at the uland charming litle iolaod city of Columbia, in the midst of the productive river bowom and upland region which surrounds it, the traveller at the best hotels cannot always get @ glass of railk for breakfast. The soi! is absorbed in the cotion culture, an@ the absence of those Yankee innovations of dairy farms, and market gardens, and cattle ranges aod sheep pus- tures, render even Columbia subject to @ draft upon a wide ofcountry for ite gupples of butter, vegeta. Dies, beef and mutton Tne immediate resources of Charleston for these sup- plies, beyond its standing necessities, are still more lia ed. "The city has one of the cicavest and one of the best au lied provision markets in the United States for tts anis; but agit sends nothing away i bas no aur. tus of beef, mutton or vegetables. It can supply good eb for any number of men, and rice, too; but fish and rice will not do for those bounteousiy fed gentiemen who manage the great machine of the damooratic part And 20, becauge of the limited resources of Charleston the more solid substantials of the table, we are not rar prized to hear that the price of fresh beef at Charleston, caring the sitting of the Convention, will, to the hotel keeper, be from twenty-five to thirty cents a pound, aud other things im proportion. Nor is it a mater of as- toniabmeni that compiaints should be pouriog in from sil fides against the extortionate prives for rooms and board siready engaged in Charieston for the Convention—such charges, for instance, as five dollars a day for one per- fon who agrecs to take his chances at s hotel, or fity dollars per day for the use of a small parlor aad’ bedroom for two perrors. ‘Accordingly t attention of the Nationa! Democratic Executive Committee has been calied to the propriogy of changing the place of the Democ-atic Nationa! Convestion from Charleston to Baltimore. But os Charleston was ap- poimted the place by the Cincinnati Convention, the Execu- tive Nationa! Committee wil! not assume the responsibility of the change indicated, uniess by petitions and applica- vione from the various State delegations and the democracy of the eeveral States the committee may fee) themselves: authorized to make said change of piace. They have ai- ready received many appli : but they are desirous of afuali and free expression of opinion ‘rom the party concerned Praiey, socqgeowe country, #8 far as practicable, witbim the next three weeks. At the end of that interval, if not before, the committee Will be prepared to meet, if ‘authorized, a# indicated, and change the piece of the Convention to Baltimore. Next, having full authority az vo the time, they will be pre- pared to change it from the 234 "ef April to the week ert succeeding the sitzing of the Chicago Convention, pre- suming that that Convention will meet on the day last ap pointed dy the Republican Executive Committee. In thus postponing the Democratic Convention to the week after the Chicago Convention, it ie contended that an advantage will be given to the democrats, politically, of the ver highest importance—such an advantage, In fact, as will in itself jostify this change of time. Betas beyond the last of April the Charieston climate might prove to be somewba: inconvenient to Northern men, even with Southern principles, the chango of tine suggested must Deoessarily involve a change of the place to a point as far north, at Jeast, as Baltimore. At the Cucinwatl Convention the choice wae reduced to New York or Charleston for this Convention of 1860. Ping-uglyism bad rendered Baltimore obeorious; and be- tween Charleston and New York, Charleston, a3 & con cession to the South for the nomination of Mr. Buchanan, was adopted, It was e mistake, but it was a mistake which can be, and which may be, rectified. The Democratic National Executive Committee, of which Hon. Mr. Vallandigham, of Ohio, of the House of Repro- sentatives, is chairman, are awaiting for the opinions of the party. The committee wil! be ready to act, should it appear that the wishes of the members of the’ party di- rectly converned predominate in favor of tho action in- dicated. Otherwise, shonid there be no change of the time and place of the Convention in question, there will be a eplendid margin at Charleston for almost any num ber of steamboats, &c., provided with staterooms, berths aud provisions, board and lodging for delegates and other Visiters at the said Convention. And so, let the republicans hold on a little. They may yet De required to take their position in the field tirst. THE OPINION OF A DELEGATE TO THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION. 10 TUE EDITOR OF THE HFRAID. ‘The suggestions of the New York Hxkarp in regard to the enruing Democratic National Convention are quite in eccordance with the general views of that paper—emi Dently sensible, practical and just. The present Demo cratic Nationa} Committee were instructed by the Cincin- nati resojutions to provide a ‘suitable place” in which to Dina aanmamsinmaund Abin genne——e-eeewenry was pamed, pro forma, as the point of meeting; but does any one doubt or deny that if war or pestilence had in- tervened, the Nations! Committee would have power to name ome other city, and there provide a suitable place in which to sssemble the Convention? Why not, then, in case of famine, exorbitant charges, or any other sullicient reason for the change? T understand the price charged for the room selected at Charleston to meet in is some two hundréd and fifty do! lars per day. Now, who is to pay this? Surely not the present Nationa! Committee, at least until it shall hare paid Bome of its own members & large cash advante, made in good faith, out of their own pockets, some three years ogo, in footing the election expenses of “1856. The delegates to tharieston, after travelling ail the way to that city, and paying there seven doliars per diem for New York beef, will bardly expect to pry, in addition, $150 2 day for the use of a ball to assemble in. Tam cognizant of an offer of $20,000, to be paid over to the National Commfittee, to moet these and other legiti mate election expenses, on the part of acity, larger, more central, and every way more desirabie than Cuarleston, a8 & point of meeting for those concerned; and I have no doubt New York wonld respond quite as berally. Thore ig & vast geal of vory senseless twaddle just now afloat i: regard to thie subject of election expenses. Er her and in all 8 where popular elections obiain, it bi deen, and always will be, the practice for opposicg parties to raise money and expend it for such purposes. Whai sneaking hy pocris} at was of Praise-God. Barebones. Covode, aig: & secret circular, avowedly for election with ong band, while ‘with the other he # geil iog'y parades im Congress an inquisitorial resolction im re- ference to some of his political opponents, whom he charges with a similar offence! Such ‘trust in Providence Dut keep your px Y' y hae been pureuad by canting kna’ world. ould hear at once in re- Gard to this meeting of the Convention from the dis- tingwiehed Chairman of the National Committe Charleston will not furnish, without charge, a y neeting,”’ and there cannot ve found in ommodation for these who desire to {Mt reasonable rates or prices, ict him cali his committee together on ten days notice, aud let ur fx upon some { IF suppose are entitled to or will receive any add:tiona! attention because they emanate from # member of the Democratic Nations) Committee, who is aleo A DELEGATE TO CHARLESTON, THE OUTSIDERS TO SHIFT FOR TEEMSELYES. TO THE EDITOR OP THE HERALD. } am scrprised ai your suggestion in Friday's Henaup, with regard to changing from Charleston, §. C., the Demo- cratic Convention, to be held in April next. It is a well Known fact that Charleston can accommodate six hundred and etx people, that being the pumber of dele- gates and alternates elected to the convention. If lobby- men and interested politicians think proper to go Charleston, the public, or the Natienal Democratic Conven- tion, are in no way concerned about their accommodation. bift for themselves. eT "h NATIONAL DEMOCRAT. CONTRAST BETWEEN CHICAGO AND CHARLESTON. SCALE OF HOTEL PRICES AT CHICAGO TO REMAIN UN- CHANGED FOR THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. ‘TO THR EDITOR OF THE HERALD. Cmcaco, I! 1860. ‘The fact tha’ the approaching Repub! Con- ‘vention is to be held in this city on the 16th Of May next attaches to it more than general importance at present, and, thinking that s brief history of the city will prove interesting to your readers, I will endeavor to give it. Chicago, the county seat of Cook county, and the largest city in the State, is situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, and on both sides of the Chicago river. ‘The first white settlers were a band of traders and Jeeuit missionaries, who pitched their tents on the prairie in 1669, the territory at that time being peopled by the Miami Indians, who were afterwards overcome by the Pottawotamies, who remained posseasors unti! 1795, when both tribes became parties to the Wayne treaty, securing six miles of territory at the mouth of the (Chickajo) Chicago river. In 1804 @ fort was built by the United States government, which was destroyed by the Indians in 1816. The frst white settler wes John Kinne, who was, for nearly twenty years, the only white settler, with the exception of the military, in the northern part of Illinois. A new fort was built in 1817, which remained standing unt 1856, when it was torn down to make room for the increasing demands for busi Bee structures. In 1818 the public square, where now stands the City Hall aud Court House, was a pond where the Indians trappeq@the muskrat and tbe ear!y settlers bunted ducks, The city derived ite name from the mrm. ber of wild onions which grew in great abundance on the shores of the river, to which they gave the name Chicke- years toa” ) MARCH 19, 1860—TRIPLE’ SHER trom (Chi ig doubtless de- Sorter, which Me tens pio wen Radosh, wh ade | So 9oNABLE LIFE ANORG THE MORBORS. handful of inhabitants, im thirty of one hundred and thirty-five thousand gouls, ris- | 2) ant strides to one of the wealthiest qities tn bf tre misphere, and the fret primery gre’, in the world. In point of location C.ies<%, ig much favored, be- ing situated on both aide®, of y river, and its north and touth branches, tho® drvking the city'into three divisions, north, south an? west, The main stream is about two bundved fee? wide gud from tweaty to thirty feet deep— vessels ascending one of its br 8 to the distance of five miles. The buemees ie mostly confined to the river and the atreeis adjacent, while the shore of the lake and ithe north division are occupied by private reeidences, many of » magnificent order. At the termini of the eleven lines of railroad centerin, bere ‘are immense warehoures for the songs of grain ap: rer produce; and while it is being ved from the @ars on ono side it is being delivered to veesels and pro- ers on the other, Peprorainent among its public edifices are the new Custom House end Post Office, rt House, Ar- mory, several splendid public echoolbouses, the Univer- sky, and some of the finest church edifices in the country, nt among which is the Cathedral, St. Patrick’s churod, the Second Presbyterian church, &c. 8 AM jthe principal thoroughfares are intersected by joree railroads, ‘The city ie supplied with water from Lake Michigan, reived by seam pumps, and thus distributed throughout the city. There is a reservoir in each division of the city, ‘ene of which ia capable of holding 7,000,000 gallons of water. The streets were former: all planked, but since 1656 a ew grade bas been estabtished, most of the principal strects raised, paved and sowered; and when work is compleied Chicago will be one of the finest a8 well as one of the healthiest cities on the continent. Tts hotel accommodations are unequalled by any city of its size in the Union, and it is for that reason well a Jated for the place of holding the Republican Convention. The prices of board will—as I have been assured by some of the principal p1 remain unchanged during the sitting of the Convention. I give you a list of the principal hotels, their terms and — Price per af Metropolitan Hotel Maxteson House, Adams Hougs Revere House, City Hotel,.. . —besiges numerous r bouses, haying room for from thirty to one hundred guesta each. Te Tremont and Briggs houses bi made arrangements to colonize tive ach, and I presume most of the others like arrangements. Provably a large number of selogatar will be quartered at private houses in the city; but no matter how large the crowd, the people have no fears but what they will all be accommodated. Extensive arrangements are being made for the recep- tion of delegates, meetings bat been held by former residents of most of the Bastern for the mm ronoamanes ssessse of publicly noticing the delegates from their several States. A large ball is to be buill, capable of from eight to ter thousand people, to be used during ses sion of the convention, and afterwards through the cam- paign of 1860; but it bas not yet been decided whether Convention wil! hold its meetings there or in tan Hail. The latter place has standing room for over 4,990 people, i centrally located, well ventilated, and im every way calculated for such a bare rpes and has, in fact, been engeged at $100 per day; but it may perhaps not be used in cate the large buliding is erected, for admission into which it ig proposed to charge a feo, but yet not definitely settled. Quite & contrast ia bere ta rige with Charies- ton, with $250 per day for use of hall, and $5 per day for board. FACTS FROM THE PAPERS. ‘The Chicago Press eaye there are thirty five hotels in the city of Chicago, whose rates range from one dollar to two dollars and fifty cents per day. The proprietors of these hotels, without cxeeption, promptly declare that they willignot advance upon their usual rates during the Convention week. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, the Dayton and Michigan, and the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago railways, have arrapged to take passengers to the Convention and return them for one fare, or half price. The above roads make @ complete line between Chicago and Cincinnati. Personal Intelligence. The United States steam frigate Brooklyn left Hampton Roads on tho 16th inst. with the Hon. Robert MoLane, Minister to Mexico, and Col. J. T. Pickett, Consul at Vera Cruz,on board. She will proceed at once to Vera Cruz for the purpose of securing protection to lives and Purpose of eecuring py the interests of our citizens there during the ed, attack on that place by Miramon. Robert B. Lynch, Ctty Clerk of Milwaukee, Wis., and E. L. H. Gardiner, City Comptroller, have been arrested for forgery and embezzlement. Governor Hicks, of Maryland, has appointed Hugh Le- nox Bond Judge of the Criminal Court of Pausenete, in Place of Judge Stump, removed. Parker H. French, whose daring financiering feats in Mexico and elaewhere, and which formed a large part of the staple news of the country some time ago, has been put in limbo at New Orleans ewindling a mercantile firm out of $600. A North Groton (N. H.) correspondent of the Concord Patriot writes that on the 20th ult., Dr. Patterson, a den- Uist im tha: place, while engaged in splitting wood, was aseauited by two men, father and son, named Wheat. ‘The elder Wheat rushed upon him with a shovel, which the Doctor knosked from his hande with his axe, at the same time loeing his hold of the axe. The elder assai!- apt then attempted to get him by the throat, but the Posey Mn me Gee aaa Nan ag Baal, rush Bead, stopned and felled him to the ground. ‘The father then seized him by the heaa, amd aallad strike. The son was about to comply with the muruer- ous request, when the wife of Dr. Patterson, almost help less by long disease, rushed frem her bed te the reacue of her husband, and, throwing herself before their in- tended victim, seized, with unwonted strength, the son who held the ax, and prevented him from dealing the intenced blow. Help soon came, the arsailants fled, and the feeble but brave wife was carried back to her hed. Mrs. Patterson is descended from ancestors rene wned for their bravery—the McNie!, of Revolutionary fame, and Capt. Lovewell, of the Indian war. She is the author of Several popular poems, such as “The Grave of Ring- geld,” “Death of Col.’ Ransom,” and “My Mother in leaven;”” but, for some time past, her physical sulferingn have compelled her to lay aside her pen. Mrs. Pateey Allen, a resident of Cloverdale township, Putnam county, Ind., hasatiained to a most extraorai nary age. She was born in Orange county, North Carolina, in March, 1744, and is now aged one hundred ani sixteen years. Her menial faculties are considerably impaired, yét she can converse freely, can walk about the house, and says ber appetite is as good aserer. She is the mother of eight children, two of whom were born during the Revolutionary War, and four of whom are still living. She went to Putaam county a widow, about twenty Sve years since, aud ig now living with ber youngest daughter. goke EL. Aspinwall and family, of New York; Hon. Charles Jacksov, Rhode Island; Col. L. C. Arvaistead, I. Vogdes, 'W. D. Hardin, Capt. Callum, U. 8. a.; t, of Maryland; Gov. John Ross, of the Cherokee Nation; M. mm, Masaschusetts; Dr. 0. M Worencraft, Catiiorsia; Hon. ». M. Crain, Maryland, and Col. W. Bent, of Bent’s Fort, are in Washington. Judge Stump, of Ballimore, just removed by the Gover nor of Maryland, was charged—iat, with gross and vulgar conduct on the bench; 2d, with having delogated power illegally to the sherilt; 34, that be wilfully refused to obey the oraere of the Court of Appeals; been intoxicated and asleep on the bevch, while impor tant trials were going on, and 6th, that be has been guilty of misbebavior In his oflive as Judge. The Newerk Advertiser's Florence correspondent writes, under date of Feb. 6:—‘Among late arrivals bere irom the United States are the Hon. Robt. C, Winthrop and family, of Boston, acoompanied by a married son an? fe mily and Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn—she « granddaughter of Jobn Quincy Adams. Mrs. HB. Stowe and party were to leave for Rome "” A letter from Rome, dated 15th ult, says:—The nom ber of Americans in Rome this winter is very small. Among those from the cities of Albany and New York, are General Peter Gansevoort and family, Mr. Delava: and family, Mr. Van Rensselaer and family, and Genera! and Mrs. Sooper, from Albeny; Mr. William Caaunce: Col. Chas. Dariing and family, Lieut. and Mra. Mygow, U. S.N.; Mreand Gardner Howlaad, Hon. RG Redfield and wife, Mr. William Platt and family, M: James Lorrimer Graham and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. ae and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Smith, from New Yor! y The Scotsman says:—A very significant compliment to Mr. Giadstone’e oratory, and a very striking incident in it- self, appears not to have been marked by our London co temporarier. We mean the presence of within the walls of the House of Commons for fret time during very nearly thirt; that is, ce he leftit in 1800 16 become Lard Coancellor. It’ is s prety left the House of Gom- well known that Lord yo mons, to preside over the of Lords, moet reluctance—that non the gon to to Within those walis which had 0 often echoed On xf night, for the fret ume, he remarkabic reluctance, and thon, too, for the itis understood, be heard the man who now the position he himself so long held rivalled ie orator in the un ny undisputed—the greatest Genera! Garibaldi has rocetved a present from the Americans of New York, consisting of a handsome gun, which will fre thirty shots without being reloaded. ‘The Rmpress of the French, on receipt of the news of the capture of Tetuan, addressed the fi pe the Queen :—'‘The Empress of the oh Jony Forn,a Revolationary soldier, one mate Spe gel Georgia, on the 28th of February, in ir of e. He was marriod five timer’ Hie laet wife surviver Dim, and his oply child ie 80 yeare old, Our Utah Correspondence: Guaar Baur Lane Orr, U. 7., Fob. 17, 1860. he Creat Social Party—The Prophet on the Light Fonte _g, Too—Mormons and Gentiles PYaternizing—generah Newt—What the “Elect?” Think of Mast.ah Law, de, ‘The great social party mentioned in my lest corres. pondence came off last Thursday week, w¥2 great éclat. It was certainly a very fine afMir, and just guch ‘an affair that we strangers in the Territory would never expect to witness or participate in Ku such a barren wilderness. The occasion was—well, I don’t know whas, andi doubt much if'any other person knows more; perhaps it was without “ap occasion,” only one of thoes; suddem and unexpected freaks peculiar to mountaineers, ‘The only thing come at- able is, 1 am frequently in Yue middle ef a great dancing @ommunity. Once the bal) is opened, the season ef danc- ing Continues till everybody is fully satised with the re- creation, The general Saints had their ‘(ward parties;” Ballo~a second Dodworth en ss small scale— had ® weekly soirée; Daft had his Indepen- dence Hall opemed, and some of the Elders initiated weekly cotillom parties,” where at other times they met to preach and foray. ‘Brigham’s boys,” for themselves and friends, wanted a select assembly, to which they in- vited the ex Governor, and there came the suggestion of @ civic social reunion. Who directed and who erdained is of little comsequence—the party was select. The Proet pecan Capt. Wa'ker, M. Gideon and ‘the Hon. J. M. Bernhisel were the chief guesta, On finely emboseed bordered note paper, gilt and eau-de- cologned, if I may coin a word, the folowing invitation was sent to seventy-five gentlomen:— Qereree sooo roceconcceneeceeeeee| PARTY AT SOCIAL HALL, ; ——— and ‘ Ter ladies are respectfully invited to attend a 3 g : ou semindy, repay Ane, 7, is " z o'cloek. $10 per couple Mayor A, 0. Suoor, Maxanat J.C. Littia, Dancing to € to commence 3 panagern ; COMMITTER OF ARRANGEMENTS, Willtem C. Staines, Robert T. Burton, H. B. Clawson. Jobn T. Caine, Wiliam Kédington, David Candiand. Gurat Bart Lage City, Feb. 1, 1860. Qvenrvosrersneevoreres eae nee Responding to this invitation, the Twelve Aj and the men of the city—in addition to all the civic authoriies— ‘put in an Re apse al The $10 ticket ad- mitted but ome lady with gentleman ; for a second, or extra Lat anotber $2 was charged. Tothe modest num- ber of two ladies, every gentleman was restricted, a restriction suggested by the dimensions of the hall and by no means intended as an unfavorabie limit and view of the patriarchal institution. While on the subject of tick- ets, dollars and ladies, I may say that 80 to be pre- sent were many of the uninvited, that premiums were offered for admirsion; but neither money nor otber infu- ence could increase number of invitations, and many a lord unquestionably felt shorn of his giory by the ab- sence of bi Rachels and Leas. THR HALL The Social Hall is, externaliy, not a very attractive building; but internally an this eccasion it was fitted up With @ view to comfort and ciegance, and in seeking to attain both, neither labor nor expenditure bad been saved, The coup d’ail, on entering the ball room, was maeguifl- cent. f could scarcely recognise the building as that in whish I had seen the kgisletors ‘‘twiating and turning’ out their “hey day The painter, uphoi- avrer and giker had labored itke devs, and invested floor, walle and roof with everything which the naples g000 taste could suggest. The hall was tril- liaptly iltuminated by massive gikied and crystal chande- hers. Over the original entrance door, a beautifally de- Corated orchestra was ereciod for the musicians. Over their heads, in 2 nalf circle, was @ well executed trans- parancy, bearing the illuminated insoription:— “OUR MOUNTAIN HOME? Lounges, richly covered, were extended all round the bail room, and between the windows were a Jarge mir- Tore, giving the whole hall more the appearance of a draw- ig yoom Uan @ bali room. The st»ge—that had former- ly witnessed the smothering of the solema sacrifice of the daighter of Virginius and the holy reconcitiation of the ot Damon and Dyonysius—was comp) - ly furnished drawing room. Om the rich Brosseis carpet were loo and card tables, lounges, sofas and rocking chairs enough to have filled a respeciabie cabinet warehouse. The walls were richly ornamented with paintings and engravings; even the Cosmopolitan Art Journai’s “Shakepere aod his Friends,’ and ‘Tne oe Blacksmith,” decoraied the walls of the Mormon Into thie place was ushered the guerte—none of us diality everywhere apparent re. the hour, Brigham was there at four e’clock. called, and with upiifted hands be inyoked bl on the three score and ten twice told, of old and young, who were ready to epripg on to the bewitching boards. His Excellency the Governor tells a rich story about the time that the Peace Commissioners met with the Mormons at echt She they had all Gant ol vom wore eliing warhke an returming &] }, they were ip solemn ‘nce, the one inquiring of the other, ina ‘whisper, what was coming next? While they sat wonder- tpg, @ little Mormon tuned his voice, and strack up the “Old Folks at Home,’’ im the chorus of which Jew and Stake” sh te ne i grea Caen oe 6, tel wi am sure some of us were much surprised with the variety at the so- clal party. The prayer was unlooked for by the strangera, sud still was there more astonishment when the prophet el down from the stage on to the boards and led off oe mtg Brigham is a great dancer, and a grace- "1 danoer too. Every vuuy wens tu right good earnest inta the danea, oF 28 & writer im the Mounta:necr expresses it, “put their hearts in:o the light fantastic toe.’ At eigh3 o’olock the invitation was given to. THe SUTPER ROOM. The basement of the building was finely arranged for eeupper room. The walls and supporting columns were covered with mountain evergreens, and everywhere, where convenient, the stars and stripes waved ag an indi- cation of their love of country. It was not my business to inquire where everything came from, but there waa certainty a display at table that would have done credit in ig eepeigcio city, vers were laid fortwo hundred and persons. Mine boat (CandJand of the Globe) was in all hig glory, and for the entertainment of the party presented them everything in the following Dill of tare:— ey *prsenivantenreneioe renee torcceveees peanerce re Rie, : TERRITORIAL AND CIVIC B, N Boelal Hail, Feb. 7, 1860.” 3 BILL GF FARE FiRST COURSE, 3 ms a I 7 ern i OF ra, Vereatie _ SFCOND couR: 2 | Roast. Heats, Boiled. < Beet, Sugur Corned Beet, 3 M , Muton, Mountain Neties, Chickene, Bear, pos, & a ; Trew, ihe ox natin Priezaaece. ysters, Ox Tongu 4 ene, i Beaver Tus S Dueks, 3 Collared Head. ——, ; Vegeta Be a $ Paranips, H Beane. 3 Towiny. THIRD COUASR, ; Pastry. Puddings, Mince 3 $ 3 3 $ 3 Blane Mat ; H a <a 3 3 Poune, ee, Varieties Suge Sate Sandies, Nee cy Coffee. 3 Supper served at & ¢'clock precisely. deosteeeceresepereccreprercecseseecsesmecomoree The supper over, the dancing was resumed. During the evening there was quite a variety of songs and dusts, and eome popular pieces played by their frat musicians. hated a1 opened, by prayer” and thus eaded the ‘huss as yer; 8, fariy ot the eeaot, and the Only one of the kind we are ely to witness here for many a day. Bhai habe al ret Hickman seem drawing to a ‘wound morn: gives every indication of + To-day he 88 a | i i | I i Be ra z e at i day have livered up to deen arrested, and Db; the Werden of rad p | 4+ "Mee Danigren Witea Musket. , @@er of Com. Dahigren, ‘he inveater of a gua Ath bas gained considerable notoriety, writes to the Pridhes, Mien. , Courier the following description of a rifled ps GUS proper, w sixtecm thonsand pounds, throwing shell shot a long distance, ‘with immense destroction; and @ brass artillery, of twetve and twenty-four pounders, throwing shrapnel with fapyerrnprcics tayo creer] gts gs I may allude perfected a rifled musket, which Propouncea capable of all the ad description of be! 1y wat ‘weapon—| 4 handy, powerful and accurate. its weignt and | are ‘xed tnre pg sary Sebadoh we nearly oue and a half ounce \ of the Carabine ’a a : nj F i i 4 , fashioned fo, which will be quite as purpore, and useful if many others besides,’’ rifle beingstrictly an American wi ‘bas made it completely American, by ‘old bayonet, or the recent sword of the io sais by ts colseraned cutter Sebively, of Palacelphis, made by the cel cutler, ely, el who made the frat and only gaoe, except Fispairicx, ab this city, for the inventor, Rezin Bowle. Tne biade is ere twoand Oe Eee broad, and is, joubtediy, the most power! reaiatible weapon ever used in close confict. ‘The only objection that has been raised against it ia ite lack of length—the same as was made against its prote. type, the Roman sword, and which admits of the same answer that the Roman matron geve to similar complaint, viz ae ae Saree And it is not a lite 80 many years, ® similar etjou Should have been invented by a sitallar republic; with similar success, and in a similar manner, ‘Vie. :-—''Dy adding a step to it.”? The one made her arms invincibie, and after nearly Conquering earth, unfurled her viccorious bani ite 8. P.Q. R., over the rums of Carthage. after expelling the ec and mobiest savage mentions—and emu- a, bas ane mode, on tho Sclds of Chaime:te jaciato, dy, under our own Quitman, raised he “E Pluribus Unum’? over the smoking fragments ‘of Chapultepec; and, as yet, is only in the commencement of her fame, which I trust wil! be farther and onward’’— werviceable i § F FA g ‘Far as the breeze can bear the billow’s foam ”” Allow me, therefore, to suggest that Governor Pettus authorize some one to Investigate this weapon, and report tohim, before the State receive her quota of arms from the general J bbyione to whieh ber allowance entitles ber. And adoption of the bowie knife and conical ball would be he wy Gorenggres| qith that exiraerdinary in- dividual, Rezin Bowie; for, twenty-three years ago he ve me the first information of the practicai effect of balls, stating that he had used them many yoars, and had taken tho idea from the point of the arrow of the Incian. Jn the work before quoted, !t gives the account of he experiments of Delyigne, who first used the conical Dall in Europe in 1829, arriving at © knowledge of its vir- tue by 2 system of scientific caiculations aadexperiments. And adds, page 111:— But it would be doing leas than justine to our country to omit noticing the prior use of the conioal bail in the United States by some of our riflemen, who intuitively perceived theres! result, and approached it directly and intell: ly. The sample in my pozsession !s said to dale from 1897—it is % inch diameter at the bnit,1% inche long, and weigbs 13{ ounce. It may be preper to remark that Captain Dablgren can Dave no interest in any of these muskeis, beyond the de sire of benefit to hie coantry from his invention and ex- Perience,as he can make no weapons savo for and by order of the government. The musket spoken of, bearing the name of bis practice ship, Plymouth, was made by expreas permission of the Department for me, on paying its cost, and is now to be seen at the store of Mr. E. B. Baker, Main street, where all interested are invited to call ‘xamination. cl —__. Dramatic News Abroad. W. V. WALLACE’S NEW OPERA AT COVENT GARDEN. The London Times of Feb. 24, has the following notice of the first performance of Mr. W. Vincent Wallace’s new opera:— ‘The success of Mr. Wallace's new opera ‘Lurline (Ii. bretto by Mr. Fitzball)—produced in that complete and efficient hich ly distin; ube effort of ihe Pyne abt rurtiech wansapement se ceeded the most sanguine ant As the first repre- sentation of an {1 tictpations. tant and complicated work, in which band, chorus, and principal singers are allotted tasks of almost equal responsibility, the performance of lest night May stand ison with any on record. The house ‘was crowded in every part, and though there was no ves. tige of a claque—aiways pleasant because s healthy inci dent to note—the audience were enthusiastic beyond measure. No less than seven pieces were re-demanded and repeated, the majority of the encores being so genuine and spontaneous that, though they inconvenientiy pro. tracted the duration of the performance, they could et i courtesy ‘have been dectined. ‘Tne ‘num. bers” thus marked out for distinction were the overture; bacchanalian a chorus, for men’s voices ‘Drain the of pleasure,’ a song for Miss Louisa Pyne, with dance fand chorus‘ ‘Take this cup of sparkling wine,” a song for Miss Pilling ‘Troubadour enchanting,” a ballad for Mr. Santiey ‘The nectar cup may yie! 7 light,” a ballad for Mr. Harrison “My home,my heart's first home,” and an unaccompanied four part song for Misses Louisa Pyne and Fanny Cruise, Messrs. Santiey and H. Corri. Other pieces, too long for repetition, were received with an extraordinary degree of favor; and at the end of each act, after the accustomed compliments bad ane pe to the shief performers, Mr. Wallace was summoned with acclamations before the footlights, and cromeed the stage amid plaudits that seemed as if they ‘would never cease. ; ® Umanimous call was raised for Mr. Alfred Mellon, the conductor, who by his zealous and indefatigable exertions had shown himecif richly en- titled to the honor. At present we must be content to Dave recorded the unequivocal success of ‘Lurline,”’ re- serving a critical examination of its merits for another occasion, with the proviso that it is by far the best dra- matic work of its composer, and a really valuable addi- tion to the English operatic repertory. ~How SPouR LEARNED TO Pay THE Hory.—How Spohr Jearned to play on the horn, and why, is so pleasantly told im an autobiographic commonication, translated from the Minden Lutecker, Krets-Biatt, by M. Parmentier, for the Gazette Musicale, that not having the original German Defore us, we parap! ” from the French, ne a foretaste @ the coming Memoirs which are already, it is stated, in the G press ae was held at Erfurt the ed, other person wae shut oat. I still hoped place in ‘by the connivance of the musicians; bag, t to give up this idea, too, since they Lon tho expedient of replasing, Wilh may Papi, on rep! my pu ‘ like number of musicians, and to be present a the en: i the acts. By a s il comrades, i i B fs i ef i- i Hefrct bdgatc® I coni ly sup. Even the next day, when I got home, m; young wie ‘was nota little surprised to seé'me come ‘pack with lips like a negro’s. I added to her won- derment by telling her that I was reduced to snch a state by kissing the pretty women of Erfurt. But she mado famons game of me when the story of my studies on the herp came out. The Rev. Henry Grattan Guimsess at the Academy of Music—The Great Rush te Hear Him—Mass Mecting of Simners. The Rev. Henry Grattan Guinness, whose suddre asd meteoric-like appearance in the pulpit of New York hag caused 60 much excitement in religious circle,, preached @sermon yesterday afternoon. The Acaemy ef Musia ‘was the place selocted for its delivery, and the reverend xentleman held forth on the very boards where the spriteg of “ Der Freischuts’’ were wont to weavo their mystiq spells and Don Juan practised his amorous intrigues. The immense building was crowded to overflowing: so great, indeed, was the number in attendance that standing room even was in demand, and many of the audience were compelled, by the pressure behind, to get upon the stage. ‘The aisles were all jammed, and even the third ter wag crowded. So great an assemblage was never knows i the Academy of Music, except when a political mass meot< ing bas been held there. At three o'clock between sever and ojght thousand people were present, ana by half- past three—the time set down for the commencement of the sermon—the building was so filled that the ingress of any moro was impossible, and many hundreds were com- pelled to turn away unable to obtain admission. A plat- form had been erected in front of the stage, and the crowd upon it was so great that fears were entertained for its security, and the oillcers of the place were ebliged to thin out the crowd by sending them back upon the stage. On a former occasion Mr. Guinness requested that all Christians should absent themselves, and that none but sinners should come to listen to his words, i his instructions were obeyed the Academy of Music con.’ tained an immense concourse of sinners yesterday after. noon. Mr. Guinness, although possessed of considerable fam@ a8 @ preacher, isatill a young man, being about twenty. five years of age, though his appearance would make hing somewhatolder. He is a man of medium height, slimly built, and hag a very interested and earnest manner when speaking. His delivery is graceful yet forcible, although perhaps there is a slight want of gesticulation. He is also somewhat self-suflicient in his manner, and at thmes rather harsh in his language. He seoms to be & solid , earnest speaker, and deals out no compliments to hig hearers, into all of whose hearts his words appeared te sink like searing iron. His style is not of the tive kind—it belongs more to that which logivians eall the argumentum ad hominem. He appeals more to the feel- tnge than to the reason—more to the heart than to the brain. His voice is somewhat monotonous, and does not posseas that ever changing variety necessary to enchaia. the attention of an audience, and the listener who has been prepared to expect a great oratorial display is some>- what disappointed, although his earnestness, as he ad- ‘vances, renders him more pleasing, and disarms criticism ‘His grand redeeming trait, however, is the simpncity of his language. He seldom resorts to those lengthy and technical expressions which reverend orators are apt to’ make use of, and, even when compelled to do s0, hie ex- planation is 80 satisfactory that his meaning is evident to every mind. At balf-past three o’clock Mr. Guinness made hie ap. Pearance upon the platform, accompanied by the Rey. Dr. Nott, of Union College. He gave out the hymn com- “Come, trembling sinners,’’ —After which he offered up ® prayer, the fervency of which brought tears to many an eye. In it he allnded to the building in which they were present, and the ad- mirers of the Opera and the lovers of music and singing ‘will be somewhat surprised at his remarks. The follow- ing ia the portion of his prayer which alludes to the Aca- demy of Music:— Ob, God! this afternoon of thine own Sabbath day wé meet in a Place given only to worldliness, where malti- tudes come continually in wk0se hearts thy love dwells not and who know not the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, who, instead of casting the world behind thelr back and counting all things lost for Jesus’ sake, set their affections u] Sr See meet ina place where multitudes come continually worldly and carnal mirth and amusement, where name is not mentioned, save at times it may be in sinfi ribaldry, where thy Son is not glorified, but rather times where even his professing servants, members of churches, come in secret, mingling with the blind multi- tude, youre in ignorance down the broad road leads to hell. Oh, thou invisible, but ever-present crease fet, woate Seen oe oe of ‘The Lord Jesus Christ has given utterance to the words, which I am about to repeat. He says—This is life eter- Christ, be of we by FE 44 t is how and everlasting death, and shall we have an entrance and admission into the fa God and eternal life? Now the Lord Jesus the agri He says, ‘This is life eternal, to know ‘the true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou sent.” I come among you as a stranger, I know that shortly meet you all before the judgement seat My thought concerning this vast aasembly is this, you are all rapidly passing away into eternity, You are all being borne down the stream of time as fast as itcantake you. I shall meet you beforeTthe judgment seat of Gol—there you must appear before his throne ta give an account of in the body. As sure as you are now alive you will ly be dead, and I believe some of you be condemned to everlasting death. Now, your may be gaved by being converted unto God 7 the Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore it ts thatI speak 72 of the Lord Jesus Christ this afternoon. For my ‘Was once ag ungodly as the greatest sinner in this 1 once knew nothing of these things—the wor! Ra he me—I gave myself up to the worldly agures and to indulge in worldly sins, folng with worldly com down the broad road’ leads to hell. I have the world, and know what of what itis. I know it is no more, at a colored bubble that breaks in we. ak g 4 # a Li FEFE af ToL H i & iH : & £ i hits 5 i in this city of New York ae of all classes: 1 and offecourings ‘this city, as well as numbers of the good and wise and godly. I know that when persons sin in multitudes of them come to this country, place and settle here; tefl ree 2 is I i i 2 F i HP HH sermon, which occupied nearly delivery, and the exercises closed with Naval Intelligence, ‘The Brazilian corvette Dona Isabella was put in dry dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on Friday evening last. ‘The alterations and repairs which are neoded on her will occupy, perbape, two weeks before completed. New copper, where she has been chafed, will be put on, newly ect of the ship—thq ¢ theatre,” which we made mention of @ ‘The “ Aq sbort time since,on board the United States receiving ship North ~ ‘become a permanent institution, evening “‘ The es’? and ‘* Why don’t She Mar- ry?” interspersed with a of songs, &c., will ba produced on shore at the Wi Hell, Williamsburg. Old Joe Buck figures on the as Timothy. A larga number of officers of the Navy Yard, as well as those on board the Dona Isabella, have their consent te bein Attendance. Lieut. A. W. Stark, United States Marine corps, take charge of the marines to be eent by the Empire ence to-day, for Pensacola, Fla,