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CAPTURE OF RUNAWAY SLAvEs.-The
National Intelligencer, of the 18th, Contains
an account of the escape and capture Of
seventy-seven slaves from Georgetown and
Washington City, together with the white
abductOrs concerned. 1t appears thatsis-
picinn rested upon a vessel that had been
trading in wood, and left on the night of the
18th. The citizens of Georgetown, the
next day, chartered a steamboat and arm
ed themselves to the number of about 80,
for the purpose of giving chase. About2
O'Clock IN Monday morning, the second day
of pursuit, they discovered the schooner
lying in a small harbor near the mouth Of
tia Potomac. TIL" fngitives were all be-
low, fast sslecr; the Captain and two other
willie men were also below when tile pur-
suing party instantly boarded her, let down
the matches and made an easy conquest Of
the possce.
Slaves and whites have been safely land
ed in Jail, the former to be returned to their
.owners, the latter to await the fndiDg of
justice. On the 18th, Mr. Giddings. Of
abolition notoriety, asked leave to offer il
preamble, with resolutions, in Congress, "a
.gainst their confinement in the Washington
Jail, upon The ground that the building was
build by all the States. One of the rcsolu-
tons provided for a committee to inquiries
into and report to Congress, by wha: au-
thoriS, Sc, they were confined.
WIereupon Mr.. HoIrn<, of South Caroli-
nd, SAID that if the resolution was consider,
ed, he would move TO amend, by inquiry
whether the scourdrcls who caused tllemto
be there, ought not TO be hung! [LaugIter.1
Leavewas refused.
Cows LADy's Book for May, has been re-
ceived, and is the May number Of the volume
as yet. 1t contains late music, the fashions Ior
Ladies, and choice literature. The May Queen
is an exquisite engraving print'd in %colors.
We dip the following well merited no
tice of our old friend and acquaintance,
{ thoughyoung for the position he occu-
pies tile Hon. James S. Green, from ths
st. Louis Evening Union:
Third Congressional Disirsck.-As there
is no OPPOSITION in the Trird District for the
re-nomilstion of the Hon. James S. Green,
and as ithas been determined to hold no
Convention in consequence, we follow the
example of our Democratic contempora-
ries in the Third, and place his name I'M
der the appropriate head. He is known as
one of ne ablest and soundest Democrats
in the West, and the reputation he has &C
.quired b Washington, assures US that he is
yet desthed to occupy a still prouder posi-
ton in ne Democratic ranks. With such q
clamPia in the Third District, the Wing
nominee[ Gen. Wilson, cannot have even q
chance Of success Still our friends must
not be inGtive.
The FETIT CRop.-We have conversed
with gentNmen, in the last few days, from
different hrts Of the couaty, as well as
those adioiiing, and learn reliably that the
Peaches AMI Apples have Tremendously in
iured. Thu weather for several weeks
past has Continued dry and cold, changing
to cold rain Fithin a few days past. Veg
citation is lesAforward than We expected,
so mild Ind flatterinr a winter, Tie
wheat, howear, looks well in this section.
LAMENTARLk-ln a letter to a friend,
dated March II and published IN the "Cou.
des Etats Unis," Lamartine saws.
:'For seven lay l have hardly had breath
ing time. hae passed three without
lceasing to harsEue and combat in the
midst OF OO,OoOnen, more sgitated than
Ithe waves OF tltses, but it was a sea Of
hre n NJ iron. God has protected me,
now may ne ProHct the Mother of ideas
and great heartsE1a France,"