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Congress.

Monday next is the day of meeting. This body
IS composed Of 60 Senators and 23l House men,
hers. In the former, two from each State in the
latter, one representative for every 7O6SO persons,
consituiionally considered and one additional rep
rosentahve for any State having fraction great
or than one moiety of the above ratio. The COM
pensation of tho members of each body is severaly
IS per day during the period of attending Congress
without deduction during sickness, and SO for eve
~ twenty miles travel on the usual road, in going
TO and returning from the seat Of government The
presiding officers of the two bodies receive SIG per
day.
The Government Of the United States, techni-
caily considered, stands thus:
ZACHARY TAYLOR. OF Louisiana, President.
WILLARD FILLnoRE, of n. Y, y. President
JOHN M. CLAYTON, Of Del, Scc'ry Of State
WIN. NJ MEREDITH, ofPa, Sec'sy Of Treasury.
GEO. w. CRAWFORD, of Ga, Sec'ry Of JYm
WV Is. PREsroN, of Va, Sec',y Of Macy.
Tho. EWING, of o., Sec'ry ofH Department.
JACOB CoLLAMER, of VT, Postmaster General
PE;~nDY JOHNSON oil Nid:, .fii,, -. General.
Salary of the President, $4,000 per annum /; of
the Vice President, $4,000; of the Secretaries and
Postmaster General, $4,000 each, and of the At.
torney General, $4,000.
The state of parties in the House is exhibited by
the subiOined table from the v 7'r;bup.
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ATHEISM IN FRsNCz.-It need not be wondered
mat Ttpu!dIcanIsm meets with 50 sad fate in
Il rance when the prevalence Of atheism is so zen
eral throughout the land. The extinction Of The re
Iig'ous sentiment must always be fatal TO tine free
dom For freedom dues NOT imply an exemntion
from governmsnt-but rather The elevated and ne
suned government Of an enlightened reason and
n'o'a' sense which, In themselves, derive all their
power from the religious sentiment. The necessi
y OF being governed by something is inherent in
The conditions of our being. and all governing po,y.
eT mat rules through the medium Of our better ar
'fcions and mind will he found when traced TO IFS
source, to euanate from than Infinite penitude
whose power dwells supreme in the Divine Omnip-
Otence
he grosser appettes and the more selfish pro
pensies acquire sway in the absence Of an ac,n IVY.
Regiment OF divine power and Of the allegiance
oHe theVelo-and by sumo this ascendency Of the
passions is regarded as liberty But il is the most
dismal oY all strvltudes. The idea that every man
shall he law unto himself doing what NAV seem
go0d IN his eyes. and rejecting all authority Of tho
S'aie. marks the melancholy excess OF ;ba; sor, of
democratic ultrasm which is disgracinr the name
OF Freedom IN France.-B Baltimore american.
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Without extending the list, The aggregate value
of the Iron, Lead, Coal Salt, Wheat, Corn, Hay,
Hemp and Flax. Cotton and Tobacco, Of Virginia,
in 1910, was 500, l98,643 AZ.
The aggregate value OF the Iron, Lead, Coal,
Salt, Wheat, Corn, Hay, Oats, Buckwheat, Po,a-
toes, Fish Oil, Lumber, Soap, Candles. Wool, of
New York, was. in 1910, $l33, G9l ,947 I3-show-
ing difference between the productive industry of
the two States, of the large sum of ST. ,493, 30S n
These facts are drawn from the Census Of 1870
II will be perceived by the table, that Virginia was
settled seven years before New York-contains
$4,000 square miles more than New York, nearly
one-halt as large again-lies five degrees further
South, uniting in a remarkable manner the leading
productions Uf North and Sou:h-ihe Cotton and
Tobacco of the South the Wheat, Corn, &c., Sc
of the North. The reader will be struck with the
great difference in favor of New York, particularly
IN Bar Iron, amounting Ia ST. ,40S ,642 and in Hay,
amounting To 12,049073. ] will give but two
other l'ens; Virginia had, by the Census of 1910,
1882 Free Blacks (nOminally 81 y New York
had 5O.O27. Virginia had AS ,9S7 Slaves; New
York more. Virginia has produced sepen Presidents;
New York one Virginia gets The honurs; New
York makes The dollars. The Virginia Young men
devote their talents 10 party politics, splitting hairs
ON constitutional questions, and pay but little atlen.
i"n To those great principles which lie at the fun
dalton oil the real Interests of their State. he N
Workers nave gone To work TO make and keep their
State the Empire State and even where they dip
INTO politics, they make money by it. We have
44S,9S7 machines, ,cho are idle vicious became
superannnaied, and increase fearlully New York,
multitude of machines of different character
They operate night and day, without great deal
OF wear and tear and turn off an enormous amount
of productions. The New Yorker is always revolv-
ing some plan in his head TO make machinery do his
work we do--Othe,9ciSe Similar and striking
compa ISons may be drawn, showing clearly, that
III climate, natural resources and productions Vir
gin'a is nn only superior .Ne,c York, but 10 any
other portion of this Union. Would not the lfgis
laInre act wisely 10 provide for making an estimate
"' The various productions of the State? The ag-
gregaie productions of even one county affurd i'm
porlant data and have good effect The improve
mens IN progress and emplation, must have
powerful effect ON Virginia. particularly Western
Virginia. The ifuckfish Tunnel is decidedly the
most important work ever attempted in the State,
and 1t is impossible 10 estimate its effects In ten
years, Virginia will show different results "Vir-
gina, with all thy faults, love thee still"
A VlRGINIAN.
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The METEoR.-A piece Of stone, a fragment of
the ".4eroiite" which made The rumbling noise on
Wednesday evening the 3lst ulmo, has been
found on The land Of Mr. Hiram Bost. of Cabarrus
County, n. e. There is no doubt of its beino a
verltabIe fragment of The meeOric stone. as persons
in the immediate vicinity were much alarmed from
lis whlsllng through the air close by them attend
ed by an lndlsinci kind of light. The direction of
the sound and light together led to the discovery
of The place where The stone fell The fact is fur
iher authenticated from the stones cutting place
in log as it fell and burying itself some eight or
ten inches in the ground-a freak that could not
have been accomplished by any human agency un-
less it had been shot by So FOUNDER, from a bal
loon.
or Aeroites in general, we say nothing in par
tcular, as there many theories in relation 10
them. We should suggest 10 the man in the
NOM, with all due Difference, that "people who
live in glass houses should mind how they throw
stones"
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WAsHISeroS NArroNAL MoNUmENr OrrrcE,

As a circular has been prepared, in compliance
with resolution Of the BUard Of managers, TO be
sent 10 The principals and teachers ofa the colleges
academies, and public and private schools Of the T.
States, requesting periodical contribution from the
students and pupils attached TO The same. in aid of
the great National Monument now in course of e.
rection in This city, it will greatly assist IN carrying
the plan into operation if the ieacherS and others
will obiige the bard by furnishing list ofrhe in
siuious Of learning and the names Of those ba wing
charge Of Ihern in heir respective towns counties,
&c. and address the same TO the Hon. Elisha
WhItrIesey, General Agent.
Papers throughout the Union will please copy
this notice.
GEORGE WATTERSTON,
Secretary w. N. Nj. Society
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ne s'a'e OF Parues In The House is exhibited by
he subjoined table from the N Y. Tribune:
Total

NOT cIAssED.-Messrs. Allen, of Mass, Gid
dings and Root, Of Ohio.
The Tribune classes among the Democrats three
TAYLOR Republicans, from South Carolina, who.
says the Charleston News, will not support a can
didate for the Speakerslip. who is opposed to the
administration.
The organization of the House, by the choice of
It's Speaker, is matter ofexciing interest because
or the appointment of the various committees as
OF the duties of that officer and in the ratio of to
2, according to the political views of the Speaker
himself The Wings will support RogERr C..
WINTHROP, of Massachusetts. The Democrats talk
of Gen BAILY and Gov. Mcdowell, of this State,
HOWELL Com, of Georgia and LYNN BOYD, of
Kentucky. The three gentlemen last mentioned,
refused to sign Mr.. CALHoUN's address If the
Free Sellers make distinctive move, W1IMor, of
Pennsylvania, will probably be their man.
After the organization of the House, the next
matter of interest vii be the Presidents Message
We anticipate general joy both among printers
and readers, by reason of the comparative brevy
Of the expected document We shall look, too, for
n clear, sensible and condensed statement and eXh-
biton of the future policy Of this administration
such as will secure the confidence of the people, in
Gen. TAYLOR and his Cabinet, and which, if per
mtted 10 be carried out, will advance the best in
terests of the country
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Two YOUNG LADIES DRowNED.-We do moi
Know that II has ever been privilege to record
more melancholy or heart rending accident than tina
Of The drowning, on Thursday the 18Th Nov, in
New River, of two young ladies, named Nancy
Pennington, daughter of William Pennington, OF
Monroe county, and Miss Meadows, daughter OF
JuuTdon Meadows, of Mercer county The facts in
the are, they have been related to us some
thing like the following The deceased persons
were engaged on the bank of New River, (washino
clothes perhaps,) below Peiersown. deer was
seen TO enter the river the opposite bank, and
they believing That they might be able 10 capture it
jumped into canoe, and showed out into The river
After they had gotten pretty well into the channel
their bodies IN attempting to pass each other came
in contact lost their balance and were both precpa
tednto the water. Mr.. Pennington was near enough
TO witness this occurrence, but before he could rescue
them, they had ceased 10 breathe.
The deceased were about l8 years ofage, Of res
Pectabe families, and they leave many acquantan
cps and frlendsto mourn their un.imey loss.-Le,s
isburg Chronicle.
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cow MUM TIONs
FOR THE SPECTATOR.
Virginia md New York.

The comparison made by correspondent in your
paper. few weeks ago, between Northern and
Southern berality, suggested the following paral-
lei between Virginia and New York:
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Co. "Poiomac," of the Baltimore Patriot, under

Co "Poiomac," of the Baltimore Patriot, under
date Washington, Nov. 90, says:
"I'he letters from Mr.. Senator Fooic and MIR
Representative Clingman, which appear in This
Mornings lnteligencer. an The Wilmot Prpviso and
the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia
furnish an inkling "f The deep of feeling which
pervades The whle South these vexed questions
Should the gallant South he provoked and driven
In eNlremltles, in order that she NAV he crushed
Did the trainers of the Constitution contemplate
such procedure? Does that sacred instrument
sanction it? Does the Farewell Address of the IA
iher 0f his couniry sanction it2
"Mr. Clingman, you remember, was one ofihose
few Southern men in Congress. few years AGO.
who were cotnplmented at The North and censured
al the South for their liberaty towards the oppo
nenis of slavery. 1t was on account of Mr.. CIinu
mans liberal feelings towards the North that he
got into a difficulty with that Southern Hoispur,
VIM l.. Yancey. of Alabama. TO the same cause
may be attributed his defeat, in his race with Jas.
Graham for the 29lh Congress.
''He has pondered the subject deeply and well,
and the result Is, lie stands, as his letter shows a
m"ng The foremost Of the of The South to resist,
even unto dssolu ion of behaved Union. that
sinpendnus aggression of the Nnrih-the abolition
of slavery in the District Of Columbia
81 see nothing in the course of the coming Con
gress of happy presage-noihing hut wranginp,
strife. bitterness and unchariiabIeness I shall not
he surprised If weeks pass without effecling an or
ganzatIon of the House of Representatives"
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DR. CooIIDGE IN CALIFoRNA-The question
whether Dr. Coolidge is dead or not is eXcitir p
much attention Eastward, and the parties to the
issue IN either side are certifying themselves with
Observation-Disclosures who allege that they knew
C"niidge well swearing positively that the dead body
shown as his was and was rot his. DIR. Coolidge III
Will be remembered, was convicted in Maine of
murder and, while in prison, il is said, committed
suicide. and, after Coroners inquest was held on
the body, it was buried. 1t is since alleged that
the death and burial all a rusc on the part of the
officers of ihe prison tn his escape. In adli-
ton TO the several affilaviis already published the
American Union, AT Boston. publishes letter writ
ten by former resident Of Maine lated a, Short
Bar, thirty miles from Coloma. (Caiif,rnia.) Sept
Sd. addressed To gentleman in Boston. The wri.
Ter claims that he was acquainted with Coodge
at Naterville, and cannot be mistaken in his STATE
ment.
Yesterday morning, there came up here three
strangers from Sacramento City. one Of whom re-
cognsed as The notorious DR.. Valorus u. CooIidee
formerly of Walerville, Me, the alleged murderer
of Edward Matthews. Could be mistaken q
How came he here2 Has he escaped hanging
Knew Coolidge well, at Waiervle-and if this IS
not him. then never the man. His beard was
very thin and scattered his thin, narrow face
but 1t had grown out two three inches in length
He passed here W the name Of Wilkes or Wilkins
His eye could not mistake He appeared well
but IN no other ways altered. save that he was
meany dressed, and looked little harder than H.
snail told my belief 10 w, and the next morning
Coolidge gone Where he has wandered |
cannot guess-but feel sure that it was him. re
you ever write. tell me what this mean. Or,
am deceived"
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The Wheeling Gazette OF the 18Th has the fol
lowing relation of a melancholy event which occur.
red in that city few days since:
MELANCHOLY AFFAIR.-'rhe city was rife with
rumors on Friday evening of young lady of this
neighborhood having committed suicide by eapino
from the Bridgeport bridge. We declined any ref:
cumsances related To MS appeared so startling and
improbable that we hoped they were altogether the
work Of rumor. We learn, however, that they are
too sadly true. The name of the deceased was Miss
Mary Hughes, a young and beautiful gir of seven.
teen and daughter of MIR. Lloyd Hughes, of Richie
town. On Friday afternoon, while returning with
one of her young companions from Bridgeport, and
when about midway the bridge she remarked
'l AIN going to the bottom of that river" and i'm
mediately removed her bonnet and sha wi and raised
herself on the railing.
Her companion caught hold Of her and commence
ed screaming, but her strength falling her 1.-The deter
mined girl escaped over the railing and got on the
projecting portion OF the abuimenr, from whence she
made the fatal leap, befnre man who had heard The
screaming, and who was running towards her, ar
rived in lime II arrest her fatal purpose. After
she struck the water she 1iuaied for some distance
and then sunk To her long last sleep. Her body has
not been recovered al the time of writing this
Her parents, who are highly respectable, have
The sincere sympathies of our citizens for the sad loss
OF an amiable and esteemed daughter. We ohserv
ed her mingling among the crowd of ladies on the
Suspension Bridge on The day preceding the sad oc-
currence, apparently the happiesl among the happy
who were there. Causes have been assigned 10 &C
count for this tragical affair, which ire perhaps more
the result of gossip and exaggera,ion than kowI-
edge Of the facts.
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ExTRAoRDINARy DiscovERY IN CALIFoRNrA-
The following is an extract from letter written TO
his wife by New Yorker now working in the
mines Of California. The letter bears date August
&c, 1910:
There was gold mine discovered here (what is
called Murphy's dggings) one week TO- day it is
evidently the work oi ancient tilnes-2t0 feet deep
situated on the summit Of very high mountain -
IL has made great excitement here as it was sew
eral days before preparation could be made to de-
scend 10 the bottom. There was found in it the
bones OF human being. also an altar for worship
and some other evidences OF human labor From
present indications it is doubtful whether ii will pa
TO he worked, it is mostly all rock and will re-
quire great outlay for tools and machinery to
work it.'
This discovery If properly pursued by competent
Observers, may prove Of the highest historical i'm
pUrtance. 1t will establish the fact that the mineral
wealth o! that region has been known To- preceding
generations, and the relics which have survived
may enlghten US as TO The nationality If the people
who f1rst pierced this mountain two hundred and
ten feet, and will doubtless suggest an inquirv nto
the reasons f1r abandoning The pursuit of gold in
country IN which II seems 20 abOGnd and yhere
IFS discoveries had fOnnd encouragement to make
such extensive excavations in former times-.N Y
Post
gi Pennsylvania has expended 10000 900 Of
ALL
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New FRENCH MINIsTaY.-The following is a
deinitve list Of the new French Ministry, as pub
lished by the .Nonitew:
General d,Hautpoul. Minister Of War.
NJ. Achie Fould, Finance.
NJ. Rouher, Justice.
Nj. Ferdinand Barrot, Home Department.
NJ. A. de Rayneya, the Minister al Naples
Foreign .4Gairs.
NJ. Dumas, Commerce and Horticulture.
NJ. de Parrieu, Public Instruction and Uorship
Admiral Roman Desfusses, .Nnine s. Colonies
NJ. Bineau, Public Works.
General d. Haupoul is charged, ad interim. in
the absence Of NJ. de Rayneva, with the Porto
Ho IF Foreign affairs.
Nj the ab've belong to the majority Of the Leg
islative Assembly.
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o. The Washington Correspondent Of the North
American and u S. Gazette, in letter dated Nov.
20h, says:
The announcement of a deficit in the revenue of
fifteen or twenty millions of dollars for the present
and ensuing fiscal years, which was officially made
this morning, has created no great surprise among
those who familiar with the manner in which
the estimates of the late Secretary of the Treasury
were made up and claims were postponed towards
the close OF his administration, with view of i'm
proving the appearance Of his balance sheet. When
his report was under discussion in the Committee
vi Finance OF the Senate, il was then confidently
predicted that deficiency Of five millions would
occur for the present year. Through the influence
of the majority. the facts connected with this dis
Closure were suppressed, ahd although the chair
man-Mr. Anterior, Of New Hampshire-was full
ly convinced of the errors of Mr.. Walker he still
sustained his figures i'm the Senate, and regulated
the appropriations accordingly. When il was de-
ermined TO announce the deficit which is now dis
covered, it would have been far more satisfactory
to the commercial communities, which were pre-
cluded from the information until doled out through
channels having sympathy or interest in com
mon with them, 10 have been furnished with an
exhibit of the manner in which it occurred. As it
u.s. we are left to conjecture and suspense and are
as likely as not 10 adopt false conclusions upon
subject of very large moment To those interests which
have most claim upon the confidence and respect of
the Administration and which harrassed il with the
least demands. 1t is to be inferred that the cxpen
ses have exceeded aud the amount of revenue has
fallen below the estimates of Mr.. Walker to verv
| considerable amount, and that obligations which
were accruing when his last annual report was pre-
pared were not included in the calculations for this
fiscal year. So far it is practicable to estimate
with safety, the deficiency for the ensuing year is
presumed TO be greater than that for the present.
loan OF fifteen or twenty millions OF dollars will
be necessary TO this short coming of the Trea
Sury and Mr. Meredith must of course apply for it
in his annual report.
The disclosure Of this important fact furnishes an
additional and urgent reason for an immediate mo-
dliicaton of the existing tariff looking To an increase
of revenue and unless there is settled purpose ON
the part of the major'ies in The two Houses to en-
harrass the administration by every device of party
opposition, that question will be at once referred To
the appropriate commi,,ee, and made the subject Of
thorough investigation. That the act Of 1876 is a
failure, and that its great feaure-the ad ralorcna
prIncpe-is fraud are truths which can and will
be established by the testimony Of the whole opera
ton ot system, the manifest effect of which has
been To drive our town merchants and nanufactu
ers into exile and oDScurity, and To offer a bounty
to the fraudulent transactions of foreign importers
and agents.
Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-11-28

o. letter in the Journal of Commerce, dated
Washington, Nov. Goth, has the following A
singular is before The Attorney General for his
opinion In the year 1881. Lieut.. Randolph of the
United States Navy, dismissed from The ser.
vice by order of General jackson, as defaulter-
Lieut.. Randolph had acted as Purser at some ma val
station, in consequence of the death of PuIser Tim
berlake
Ut was alleged by Mr.. Undertakes friends, tha,
Mr.. Randolph had done him some injustice, and it
was on that account that Mr.. n. was dismissed
Indeed, Gen. Jackson gave that as reason for his
order. Subsequently, Mr.. Randolph was sued, by
order of the 9TH Auditor, Mr. Kendall, and the case
was decided by The Circuit Court Of The u. s., at
Richmond, Chief Justice Marshall presiding, in
MIR. Randolph's favor, on the ground. if my memo
ry serves me, that his accounts had been settled
and The credits claimed by him allowed, by the au-
ditor who preceded Mr.. Kendall.
A short time afterwards, Mr. Randolph made a
personal assault upon Gen. Jackson in The cabin of
steamboat, at the wharf in Alexandria and in the
presence of hundreds of persons, pulled the Pres-
dents nose After the lapse Of nearly twenty years,
Mr.. Randolph has come 10 this city, and demanded,
act Of Justice, from President Taylor restora-
ton TO the service.
He has produced letters from Henry Clay and
other eminent men, strongly urging his claims up
on the Executive. The President and the Secre-
tary OF the Navy, after examining the case, have
asked the opinion Of the Attorney General by which
they will be guided.
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O1- We invite the attention Of our readers TO the
communication in another column, in relation 10 the
Portuguese Exilos."