The State guard., 1848-05-09
WASHINGTON CIry, April 25, ls4s.

 the way of slavery. B.
 WASHINGTON CrTy, April 25, ls4S.
 The grand pro-Frenc demonstration of Washington (that was to have been) came off yesterday. On the whole, it was la mentable failure. According to the pub- lished programme, all the world with it's pa and ma were to have taken part in the ceremonies, but very sirocco of dust just then prevailing, had tn effect of cutting down the procession to n meagre squad of not more than three hun dred and fifty men, including the band of music, and some thirty flashing, high-sp rited, gaily capari- soned, finely mounted and rather vain young marshals. A somewhat famous French philosopher wrote, that while all other passions agitatin g the human breast sometimes cease their influence over us, Vanity is ever present to shape the actions of men. Verify, no o.ae could have atten- lively noted the antics cut by these young gentlemen, as they cavorted among the crowd of tattered boys and little negroes following the bands of music, without con- tessing the abiding truth of his sage re- mark; for nought b'lta propensity to show themselves could have induced them liter ally to kick up such dust on the dustiest day of the season, when themselves, as we'll as the thousands looking on or ma. king part of the dense crowd accompany. ing the slim proce eision, were thus forced, in part of day, to eat each well nigh a fourth of the peck of dust which the old saw allots to every man during his life time.
 It is to be presumed that the oration, de- livered from the steps of the east iron: of the Capitol, by Richard s. Coxe, Esq, was magnifcen nt affair of the kind, for he is gentleman of high reputation for 'doing" such things Cup brown" He has fine voice, but not five of the five thousand persons around him could hear the speech, owl 1g to the exquisite hubbub that prevailed. Washington is great place for French demonstrations. this be- ing the seventh, and, l take it, probably the last of the season.
 It was, by tho, bye, made use of by the federalists of the House, as an excuse to avoid taking up the ten regiment bill yes- terday. It being resolution day, the only one of the week on which simple ma- jority vote would have enabled our friends to get up this important measure out of its regular order. A committee of the citizens tcnde .ed to both Houses an invi- tation to part cipatc in the celebration.- So, important bushes had to be postpon- ed to allc'w them to take part in it. No one, in ither house, seemed disposed to take up the notibe negro stealing matter for continuation of last weeks violent discussion upon it, for which the public may be than 'Nful; though many Senators and Represe natives having churned each mess of thunder in this connection for Bunkum, a ,e sadly disappointed at the prospect of having to suffer while long CT the agonies of pent up eloquence, that most excruciating plethor.
 To-day, Hale renewed the effort to con- tinue this debate, but it was voted down by the success of a resolution to take up Col. Benton's California claim bill.
 Sundry citizens of Delaware have pc- titioned c Congress to interfere by way of breaking up the monopoly enjoyed by the New Jersey R. R. Company, alleging the unconstitutional tax levied by the State of New Jerse ey on each passenger crossing the State on the road, the State makes R. K. Company its collector. The pro- position is to have Congress authorize the making of Railway "post road," by oth- CTS, which if authorized w.ll effectually break up the monopoly. The present Company have the State bound not itself to authorize the construction of another Rail Road across the peninsula. Every traveller is interested in the success of some mov ement likely to bring down the price of passage over rail roads in New Jersey, tn us sustained by odious legislated monopoly.
 MT. Rockwell of Connecticut, who is nIrsing the consular will of the last scs- sion, is pi obably throwing away his time i; for there is really very little prospect of its enactment this year cause why-it involves an expenditure of money. This is to be regretted. for oup foreign con- merce, the world over, is suffering for want of reform in uraconsular system.
 B.