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ship and the Republic has recorded his services on the
eaou.inr pillar. Of her Union
Amor, The ,osss which we're offered and drank, wa
the Health Of the Hon William e. Johnson, who vas
present !.
Lots Of others were given later in the evening, in
Tie customary style cf mutual compliment! or peasan'
Try .,,.....,,a
good sengs in which fair country were fresh
n, Webs.er retired abeu, hale pas, zen, accompanied
by the Chr,rnar AID THIS the signal for The cepa'
ture os most ,f ~. company
This e.,oe, scees have excited much more nnt'ce
abroad than 4. home. Some OF The editors OF Ne"
York and Philadelphia sent reporters at great ex-
persc io,rinin, that the Ex-Secrclsry intended to
make grand poI;;eaI Administration I"fIc was no.
tn,np Of ,b KIND The ia'thest from possible Not
word was ,es;hed 10 disclose what is yet" the womb
OF time
The ex,,ess locomotive, whieh left this city Oh
Tbursday MIN al eleven o'clock with the New York
repor,ers y, wrrn p.s.enta al the dinner given TO Mr.
Web.,er rearhcd Philadelphia q, half past two A. VI
On FTiaav ,eo,n,ng-havia. run the distance between
the Two ci,ies. IA three hours and half The persons
thus convryed were The reporters of the Y Tribune
and Express
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MIR. wEBsTep,s SPEECH.

We shall present from the numerou, reports, which
have been made of Mr.. Websters recent Baltimore
speech some version if he does not report II ~
himself II was an unpretendng speech in ?''nt q
slyIe-strip, entirely of all he graces of E!cqarncs-
dry, cold, and cIdactc-li was norsed hy another te
cri;nrity. II anticipated expose, defining nj
past, present and future posons-as marking oai rs
relations TO political PARTICLES showing Us mtsre h a.
and where lie e Likely 10 be Bat no such hing .r'e
is no definition OF le kind There aiIusion eysa
10 MIR. Tyler or his Administration. II IS not 50 esp
cit even as his celebrated Delpsc speech at Boston O.
the last year For any Thing that appears in , p'eseo
speech, Mr.. Webster may suyport or oppose Mr. I!-y
or cooperate with any OF The spu6csn CANDIDATES y
he may up for himself 1t is commit.s through
out specimen Of polisics-But it isa ComG.f-'i1
Sreech-and seems intended to prepare the way io 81
fort the part of the Administration TO regulate ~
commerce Of the u S. with G.. Britain, Brazil, her
&c, by Treaties. 1t may be, perhaps only an s17si-
men', To feel the public pulse, and Try the public so
timent the qnestoas whether they would lie sHeA
an arrangement Of the Tarfi 10 be mads by tfsa =
and how they would like The Hon. Daniel Weo'is' Z"
be then negotator
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from ne Nashville Umss. J
THE EXPENDITURES AGAIN.


We haze already published two Official statements
over the proper signature Of the Register oil the
United States Treasury, showing, that since the
Wings have had control Of the Government, they
have run the nation in debt 10 the tune OF about ten
millions year Since which, we have received addi-
,lonal PARTICULARS from the unquesonable source,
with reference the expenditures OF each year, ac-
companied by explanatory letters from Hon Cave
Iohnson the iirs, of which is follows:
"WAsHISGToN, March 3, 1sl3.
"Dear Sir The deep interest felt by the people
generally in me expenditures Of The public money
induced to call upon the Secretary OF the treasury
ror the expenditures OF IS4I and le42, and now en-
close YOU the statement OF The Register of the lrea.
sury, sent me by the Secretary which you will please
publish When | have more leisure, ! may furnish
YOU, also. with statement, of the expenditures OF Inc
Administration of Mr.. Van Buren,, so that the people
nav have an opportunity Of comparing them, and
testing the truth Of Wing statements, which we oc,
casonsy in their papers. and hear IN theif
&c. JOHNSON.
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GEoGGIA liIsronIcAL SOCIETY.

Ii:s interesting association held lis regular month.
IL meeting at the room OF the society, on last Mon
day evening.
The COMMUNICATIONS received by the corresponding
Secretary, during the past month were unusually en-
pertaining. Without attempting 10 notice them IN de-
tall they haze been enumerated 10 US, may
ton letter from hlr. alexander Everett, accompa.
MED with valuable donation OF hooks io the socIey
one from the venerable tenant OF the "Hermiaae,
acknowledging The recep, OF the 2d volume of the
.Collectons" The writer apologies for rsmissnes.
N answering letter. and stated that his he aih for the
lac. SIX months has been such, that "hundreds of let
.a.s-,nany on important business transactons-re
aian uuans nsred, adding ny debility at present is
such, that / can scarcely Weld pen " Tie writing
is disl:nc ard legble, and marked by the boldness
and freedom which are his mental characteristics. TIC
u1ee from The autograph that IRON will has refused
Send the aprrcaci o. age a! ,he raVases OF dis
ease.
We nigh, remark en- pGssant, tia, many Of those
!, no have hitherto doubted the excellence o the G.
nerais photography, satisfy themselves Of lis
aaiouo character, by the evidence which the letter
affords.
letter from resident memhe! in behalf % a lady
in this city, was reac, presenting TO The sec'cty
neatly bound file OF the Georgia Gazette, published
during the years 1885,, and containing quite ella
borse ANALYSIS OF the debates in Parliament at that
cres,inc epoch, together with many curious items
Characteristic OF the lines
A communication from General Charles Floyd in.
c;dentaily contained emehl, that IN lo%, gen
teman Oh ST. Smons, showed him copper medal
wllcA was found near or a; Gen OgethoIpes battle
ground beside human skeleton, which was probably
liza. OF the person who wore II, portion OF the
edge of the medal no,chsd or torn eli by Jui!e,
Il contained on i, device intended 10 'idicule and
dshonor Sir Robert Walpole, the tavore Minister Of
George ana George H., during portion of The
reign of each. Sir Robert is represented with rope
around his neck, and his Satanic Majesty hard at h'
pos,cs forcing HIN with his pich-fork into the re
gons which are not 10 be mentioned to ears polite :
The letter is accompanied with pen and ink repre-
sentaton of the device probably taken from memory,
so beautifully delnea;ed, that II might be readily mis-
taken for fae steel engraving
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Pr,sc.rLEs-Nor Mrs-some men appear TO be

PEiScipLEs-NoT MEs.-Some appear 10 be
unable to eulogse their personal prtrtnee, without
abusing other aspran,s, who may be in the field for
the Office. Such spirit is not Democratic
There are five Democratic candidates before the
people for the next Presidency, viz " Buren, Johnson
Buchanan Calhoun and Casual worthy and deserv-
ing citie. of HON the whole party ought 10 de-
light TO honor with The exalted station in the gift
OF frrcmen. But, notwithstanding all this, We have
received several exchanges containing eu!ogies for
their first choice, ard denouncng all others. Such
editors have departed from principles 10 embrace and
do homage 10 In the language oil The St. Louis
Reporter, "ss party, have nothing 10 fear, # we
determine that wll not quarrc! about iaen; tia.
will fairly consider the prospects and claims of all the
asprun,s that have been named or may be named
make the best selection cam and then adhere to it.
[Wheeling .7rgus.
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Dir. Gcggin has notified MF. Gmer, that ~ nc -
10 contest his election The Charlottesville Jefrf'o'
man gives us copy of the notice-which We Sh''i =
publish, because piece of composition n ,2e''
pleading it is really too good thing TO Dc .0''
1T is indeed, The J,iiersonian remarks, "a er'
document IL is the old cooked hat, the old hot co@As.
the cooked old bat and the hat cooked old, o'e ss
with variations" 10 the nineteen objections prsse",
ted to Nr Gilmer's poll, the charges are rons ""
wonderful repetition upon the rain in Madison -
Greene. We have never more elaborate -
ridiculous effort made 10 array host OF reasons "
out from few scanty materials. It's ke 'hs '.'"..
bill of indictment against man, charged III
sort Of variation, with stabbIng little hnse' va
penknife.
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NORFOLK, Nav II

NORFOLK, May 10.
NAVAL CcuRr MARTiAL.-'fhe Court Martial sitting
bonrd the u. S. ship Pennsylvania having gone
through with Captain Ramsay case, there re-
organiz alton OF the Court Com. Kennedy retiring from
the Court and Commodore Shubrick being appointed
President IN his stead. hidshipman Robert a. Knapp
then arragned upon the charges preferred against
him By the Secretary Of The Navy, to which he plead
De assisted IN his defence by Lloyd w. Williams, Esqr.
his counse-which granted by the Court and the
examination OF The witnesses was thereupon common.
ced Lieut. Foote and Midshipman Wyman ex-
amined for the prosecution, and then the Court adjourn
ed to meet this morning at ten o'clock.
[The decision othe Court in the Of Capt Ramsay
pronounced Monday. Of course it is known
only 10 the members of the Court l-Heraid,
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ILr clnsinn .Sc1nt


As in duty hound, We give below The Official abandon.
ment of scheme, whose dying struggles We recorded
in last We oce that spirit OF propf'ey has pre-
vailed Imprudsnt counsels, which would have
devoted the glorious 4h day Of july 10 the bitterness
of party feeling. 1t curious to observe the varying
phases of the Wing this subject On MONDAY, t
went for an uncompromsing Wing festival, at winch
they might have ether party friends" On Tuesday,
advocated celebration, in which "citizens IRON every
portion of the Commonwealth, of every political hne,
and Of every degree Of religious gravity might attend,
without annoyance TO their respective political or re''
gious feelings" On Wednesday, It wished "io have
that occasion TO prescn. The thanks OF this community
TO men who had deserved we'll of their country
mers, Botts, Goggn, Newton, all strong Wing pa';j.
z,nsl and many others And on Friday, the Coo'-
miitee came out and DE- cia.ef that IL en:ered largely
into ths original purpose OF lie meeting at e ~
change, Ia invite the volunteer corps OF Richmond 10
citizens festival IN return for the services o the ai'e'
&c Nc" AlIthese conflicting grounds have now h'en
deserted, and our whole community -Whgs and Do.
mocrats-will unite, is wont, IN one general ce'e-
bration Of The common Jubilee OF American Freedom
From Fridays Wing.
"FoURTH OF July CELEBRATIoS.-The COMMITTEE
appointed By the meeting al the Exchange, TUESDAY
night, having assembled and deberaed on The duties
assigned them, have concluded and suppose that they
have the liberty OF suggesting:
a. That as very many OF their el!ow-ctzeni of boIh
political parties are opposed To the apparent dec'ca''n
of the Anniversary of American Independence 10 parry
purposes thinking that The cay ought 10 5e otsersec IS
political Sabbath; and
"2d. That many citizens had already made tier
engagements prospec,yely for that day; and
"3d That as they desire 10 preserve and m.in'ain
both the Union of the Wing party and the harmony oi
the social communi'y-Thereiore,
"The committee has resolved TO advise The abandon
ment of Wing celebration Of the 4sh Of july ofany
other celebration besides tina. sort TO which the Rico
mond community is Infatuated. As citizens they had
wished to invite the volunteer corps of Richmond to
citizens festival for the services Of the later
and as proof of their reliance upon their patriotism,
and as some slight return for their having borne 50
long the expense Of celebrating that day This object.
entered largely into The original purpose OF The meeting
at the Exchange BIZ, is renfu;shed for the p'esen;
A. PEASANTS,
II. w. FRY,
JOHN WIGHT,
a. l.. WARNNR.
SAM'L n. MYERS,
JNO "A PLEASANTS.
ANDREW JOHNSTON.
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i Cos.rpcl,I PuESoaESns-A few weeks since
five hundred bales OF brown cotton drilling ship.
ped from this port 10 London. The last advlces men,
Ton their arrival their place of destination, ~hsre
they produced almost n.ch the afrva. OF
.ckens IN ih.s country. All Change struck
With seeing cotton fabrics rcn the Icons Of
America exposed Tor sale in the ma.;s OF Tie great
manufacturing nation OF the world.
The free trade men IN Engand, we hear, are using
tins circumstance to show the folly of the restrictions
Oh the trade You the effect of cheap bread
say they their adversares alt enab!ea the Ameri
cans 10 underse US IN our own markets. III VIC can.
manufacture brown cotton drilling cheap as The
Americans, il is because you compel 10 1--we
bread
This brown cotton drilling i, protected it called,
in this country, by duty equivalent 10 20 per cent
very absurd regua,ion which has no effect any say.
The article has ceased 10 come 10 this country for
mcny years past.
In the Boston Morning Post Of the 18th inst we
find the following article, from winch it appears that
the Restrc,ionsis of France are beginning 10 clamor
for the blessing OF dear food he bestowed upon their
country also:
AmERIciN Exports ~ FgAScE-'rhe import OF
American products France, appears 10 have excled
alarm among the agrcultursis of that country. We
find the following paragraph in Paris paper, copied
from the Auxlliauve Breton That ps per remarks that
the matter engages the attention of the Chamber
of Commerce of hloraII, and that it threatens the
agriculture of that part of the country will, total ruin
"The Americans are introducing into France, butter,
equal and superior ours; lard sailed provisions wax
clover seed, and IN fine all our products and deliver
them, and with the duties paid al principal COM
mercal places, IL lower prices than We can furnish,
them. People engaged in the Breton commerce are
much excited by ihis and wth reason for all the pro-
dncons Of lower Brittany suffering by foreign ri.
vaship d,mnuon IN value Of one per cent; for ex-
ample, already too abundant agricultural products
will suffer ten per cent IN consequence Of the farmer
being obliged TO sell at loss and commerce. which in
this country is all on commission, will suffer loss of
two per cent on eighteen per cent which make very
round sum. Bat II we agricul,urists lose by foreign
competition ten per cent products, we suffer
our fortunes fifty times more loss than commerce
gain Y L. Post
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SoUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER FOR sALE--Wiil
- be sold ON Thur,day m June pnhlic sale 70 the
highest bidder, establishment of the Southern Literary s-
together with all the puenances thereuhto belonging
viz Printing Pfesses Type. FiI,ues, &c, &c:
This paper competent hands, "il certainty y,d hand-
ceased IL is 100 well known the literary world 10 nred
encomum from
7erasne third Of the purchase money VIII he required IN
cash. the balance and Twelve months FROM the day OF
SALE well sscured
Any communications 10 The nndesigneu post ndl WIN he
promptly responded i.,C ~. ~ ILL., Jk.,
May - I22-wtdnf
p National Inteigencer. New Yosk Tribune, Boston Atlas
viii publish the week for Tour weeks and send &c
counts 10 the Administrator for payment
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Many other interesin. communications were read,
which ne have 10 notice 10 detail, and among
them two invitations to attend the centennial cee
bration OF two halo associations at the North,
orc OF them being that of the American Philosophical
Society at Philadelphia.
We are Truly glad 10 observe The undated zeal ma
infested BY muny .! our citizens in promoting The OBJ
ecs Of this society and only regret is, that the
enthusiasm not more universal on subject which Is
essentially Southern, ana, above all, essentially Geor
gian- SncGanah Georg,dn.
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The Sand'oieh Islands taken by The Engl,h-We
learn from the Army and Navy Chronicle, that advces
have been received from the Sandwich Islands as late
as the 9Th of March On the a5th OF February, in
sequence OF demands made by the British officers which
the King could not, or would not, comply with, the
Islands were condi,ionally ceded TO Queen Victoria
Possession wasiaken of them the same day, by Lord
George Paulet, commanding Fl B. NJ. chip Carysfort,
and the British flag hosed under sautes from the fort
and ships,
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la1r MrKnrns-A mnst bnrbnrous murder Of

HoRRIBLE MURDERS A most barbarous murder Of
1choie family near Porl Golden, IN Warren county,
New jersey, perperaled on Monday last. ne
head of the family was Mr.. John b Parke, an aged
single man who was in the habit OF boasting mat ne
had large quantities OF specie on hand In his mouse
lived John Cartner who worked the farm, hrs WE,
who was Parke's sister, four children, and servant
On Tuesday morning the neighbors were thrown into
by hearing that all these PERSONS except
the maid servant who not at home the preceding
night were murdered. On reaching the spot the most
dreadful spectacle was presented Cartner, who ap.
pears to have been decoyed of the house, found
partially thrown into lime kiln his head literally beaten
to fragments with rail, which picked up close by
with all the horrd marks Of the use that hnd been
made of it. On entering the house, Mr.. Parke was
found in his bed dead, with his shroa GU, from ear TO
ear His sister, Mrs GARNER, and The infant at her
SIDE in like nurd ared and little son OF
four FIVE years old stabbed several p'aces-oniy
no; dead There were two other children, but they
slept in distant part of the house-anknown, pfoha-
bly,, 10 the murdereTs The house rIhed complete
"; but what amount of plumber was obtained. no one
could yet conjecture. The news spread rapidly, The
country is raised, and handbs already circulating
in all directions. Offering in the of surviving re-
atives thousand dollars for the arrest and conyic
ton of the murderers Plumber, undoubtedly, was the
motive and universal opinion ascrbe the horrd deeds
TO strangers, who must have from Distance
AS there must have been two three concerned, The
hope reasonable that clue will be found, and
due punishment awarded 10 this unparalleled massacre
fN. Y. Tribune, May
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The Supposed Murderers .lrrested.-The Newark
Daily, of last evening, says that three men were ar
rested Thursday, Hackettso~n, suspected Of the
wholesale bnlchery of the Cartner family at Change
water Furnace wagon track before the door of the
house was followed on Tuesday, the day after the
MURDER to the house Of Charles Coleman in Hackeis-
town, who, with man named Aube and an English
man, name unknown, Qbe mysterious foreigner refer
red TO in our account ofthe trogedy arrested as
they all suspicious looking Characters and had been
seen in company. 1t is stated, that one Of the men
had recently seen old Mr. Parke, draw considerable
sum of money from the Belyidere Bank.
Coleman san old offender, having been once sent TO
the Stale Prison from Morris county for counterfeitng
After his time had EXPIRED he lived in this :y two
or three years working at his rade ha.ness making)
and removed about years since 10 iiacke,lsIown-
Auble has no regular occupation and is said TO be
d'ssoute Character The Englishman is the upon
whom suspicion rested da,ely after the murder
from The circumstance Ct his being stranger conceal
ing his name and business
Mr. GARNER daughter left home the day before the
murders on VISIT and being haste left her he'd IN
made, her ordinary clothes being the back of a
chair; and II supposed that the derers seeing the
bed appear as if person had just left it, suspected
they had been heard and went away without searching
further for the money.
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Breedloye Jewell and Renes, who arrested II
Washington on Saturday, 18th, suspicion OF having
stolen The package of Treasury Notes at New Orleans
IN July last, left Washington Thursday morning il
custody OF the ~ Orleans officers, by the Southern MAJ
route.
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The Tallahassee Florldan Of the i''h s'a"',
"mr. Levy is elected 10 Congress o'et maJo 80 r..
by an overwhelming majority. II IS too is'ss
greet TO see our opponen, so badly beaten.
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Commodore Parker, appointed to the command of the
East lndia SquadroD went on board the Brandy wine
this morning, and received with the usual salute
The Brandywine, i. is expected, will sail 10 morrow,
for her destined station.
TPortsmoufh cbrouieI, MN 10
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We are indebted to Colonel Shelton OF hdio's.,
the finest Asparagus we have seen during ''., ..,
II was as remarkbIe for s tenderness as Tor rs 'f
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The nes. mail brough. U, the following letter, ez

The next m aIl brought us The following letter, ex
planatory of The above, which places every item OF
the account, 4 correct light before the public:
"WAsHIscros, March /, lo43-
"Deas Sir - The table Of expenditures which
sent you yesterday, Tor the years le4l and 1872
YOU will perceive is tor The calendar year, from the
st Of January, 10 the 30,h December, for The year
ISL The expenditures, the 4th Of March, properly
belong To the Administration of Mr.. Van Buren,, and
should not be charged TO the Wing Administration
Thatyou may have correct idea Of Wing economy, |
copy from the House Document, No. 259, Cd session
of the 9Th Congress, the following statement OF the
expenditures for year, from the 4th of March,
l34l, to the 4h of March, lS42, sent to the House by
the Secretary of thr Treasury:
"CiVl, blrsc-aneous and Foreign
Intercourse, S6,o92,2ll SO
Military Establishment, I3,635.4ll 95
Naval Establishment, 6,300,502 %
Treasury Noes and old Funded Debt, 7,037, Ie7 81
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We beg the readers attention to The adm.t cor
toricel argument of "John Nicholas, agaie'' ~
r; ,tulionalny Of Nstionsl Bank.
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p EMoyAL--JoHN G. wAY1, DEsrIsI. In. removed his
~ ONCE Bank square, corner shove the Banks see,
Rs6e-e.ss--M Clarke, n. D., George Wasoa NJ ", T. b.
Deane NJ D., z. H. carmehsel b. Robt "; Haxali, ". o
Thomas Nelson NJ H. James Bolton, NJ. d. l. a cunningham
MD May ll9-wlyt
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S33.H6.103 IL
UttI, tS"'s-UU,lO'' ]
g! an respectfully, your friend,

We may ask, what the statements worth,
with which the opposition presses of this region have
teemed for the last few months This statement, IN
connection with those which published the other
day-a official shows, conclusively, "nh0 are the
punderers, and trumphanily indicates the late he
publican Administration from the graceess charges
that have been preferred against b. The eigy wings