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The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03

The NAVAL AsyLuM.--A mistake has been made
by the northern papers in announcing Commander
Adams as having been appointed governor of the
Naval Asylum The Norh dmeysoan of the ar,
says: Commodore Jacob Jones, the distinguished
and venerable officer who has held the Office for tho
last three years. still remains, the honored and eff
Gent governor of the Naval Asylum. Commander
Adams, second in command, takes the nlace oe
Lieutenant John p. ellis, who is relieved AT b;s
own request, and leaves the institution, for WHOSE
interest he always labored with devoted zeal great
ly regretted and beloved by all the pensioners ,,
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An,,rrr of b. Cnptnin Gn.ral.

Although knew what had been inserted in sew
eral Of the papers Of New Orleans relative 10 the
departure from that city u the individual Juan
Carols the second taller that 81 the royal Jail
in this CITY but no attention 30 them was required
from me- az knew the true facts Of the occurrence
bv ofhcial communications from the consul Of her
majesty; besides the Individual himself had directed
90 M letter from the vessel in which he was in quar-
autne rstfying every thing that had been stated
"a me For this reason ] was somewhat surprised
by your letter Of the date Of day before yesterday
en- losing copy Of that which had been sent to you
by that individual and which you received through
soldier belonging 70 the secretary office, said
solcief having been ordered % bring IL 10 you, b..
cause u had been handed TO him sealed for that
purpose, when he Was still In quarantine, but about
coming on shore, and that there was no improperly
that IL shcuo be sent a. you considering the very
falsehoods which had been worked out by the news.
papers Ira New Orleans
The interview which you had with Juan Garcia,
and the plain and free declaration which he made
whilst vet on board the American brig Andrew
Ring Iconsidered a sufficient aud concl1 .ive proof
a. ave a full knowledge Of the event and 10 ena.
bic YOU 20 estimate it, foil value the letter on
which you base your application 70 obtain FRONT m
declsration in your presence. To your extreme
zeal ina the duties Of your Once must attribute
our application; for am well convinced that your
GOOD scnse and the knowledge 81 your Tune 0uf
will give you % understand, that 10 exact 10 such
csse more explanations, and % exact them a. yOt
DO. has character Of urgency which cannot I'D
nil il being contrary 20 good faith 70 the sell re-
suect Of the officer q her majesty, and 70 the mono
OF our flag. ,L.
n on tie unexpected visit which you paid him
fears arose in HE mind which had no existence DC
core; and II ths same, or perhsps the lnlVshFc
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03

DEATH OF s ). SEWARD, esq.-This venerable
CITIZEN father of Governor Seward, says the Al.
bany Journal died at his residence in Florida,
Orange county, on the gath inst, at the advanced
age u - years, after lingering illness lie had
been confined 70 his house for nearly forty years
and at the time Of his death was extremely wasted
by his protrscted illness About six weeks ago, he
was stricken down with paralysis, which was the
immediate cause Of hs death
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03

We call attention to the advertisement
in to-day's paper for the sale of the Win.
chester Republican. The paper is one of
established reputation, and presents good
for profitable investment.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03
The AocIDINT AT ERrE.-Thc following particu.

The King OF the Mosquito Coast wears no boots mr.
shoes. His spurs, however, are tremendous.
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03
Letisy Of Garcia

Juan Garcia Rcy. ! forced 10y the Spanish
consul from New Orleans. ! seek refuge under the
American flag, and wish again 10 return to the
United States. JUAS GARCIA.
On board the Terrible, July q, 1919
Ps. have come by force, the Spanish consul
having taken me on false order from the recorder
Of the second municipality, and iorciby shipped me
at nine O'Clock AT night, taking me from the house
of Don Jose MOrante. For this reason desire you
70 BE- my protector, and 10 scnd me back again, for
if you don't they will shoot me
JuAS garcia REY.
On board The Terrible
did not speak frankly b you. borsuso the cap
tain Of the port was present
true copy Il CoNpE % ALcoy
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03

Mr.. Dixon's gain in his own town is ia, and his
gain in Mr. Thurston's town is IL.
We doubt if Mr.. Thurston gained much by the
Free-Soil coalition. In many of the towns Dixon
divided the Free-Soil vote with him. and a consd-
cradle number of the Free Sellers refused 10 vote
being Disguised with the compact.
In one respect the election has been very pleasant
Although closely contested throughout, there have
been attacks of personal character upon either
candidate. Both of them men of the most est-
mabc private character, and this fact was not dis.
puted on either side.
Another gratifying thing is, that it is clear
Hing victory. Mr.. Dixon made compact, no
compromises. He goes to Congress unfettered and
with no pledges but those which his principles and
his character furnish. He received the support of
the Wings alone, and his majority is over the COM
olned factions OF the opposition He is a Free-soil
owes nothing To that party which arrogates the title
OF Free-So, and sends men to Congress to vote for
slavery.
The following are the complete returns:
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ANoTHER CALIFoRSIA.-.we copy the following
letter from the Richmond Uhig:

"HowARDsvILLE, Aug, "a, ls49.
"You will remember the specimen of white
quartz, with gold intorspersed found on Mr.. Elisha
Thurmond's land, in Nelson county, and noticed
by the editors Of the Times a few months since
81 send you now much more remarkable and in /.
tercsting specimens, found at near the same
place. The large piece contains l22 dwts. Rrs. ,
one 80 dwts, the other "a dwts.; all pure fine gold
worth ono hundred cents, or nearly, per dwt
These three pieces were picked up by the hands
engaged IN washing for surface gold, besides
rots others, varying in size from Ia IS dwts.
also send you bar containing las dwts., procured
by washing ON tract Of land lying Immediately
adjacent The truth is that this particular locality
or placer las il is termed in "California') Is
hardly surpassed even there. One day the past
week four hands found 1853 dwts. worth a 100; and
it is said some 30 or $4,000, at different times
have been obtained at comparatively little or no
expense. valuable lead mine has also been dis =
covered in the immediate vicinity, and learn they
raising large quantity of ore, yielding 80 per
cent of lead, and four dollars of silver to the 100
pounds"
The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-03

The Marquis Of Caermarthen, who resided in
Leicester square, London, in 1895, gave ball
then ON visit TO England. The Marquis and Peter
were boon mpanions-drank brandy together,
with pepper in it--for such was Peters whim-and
were rowed up and down the Thames at all hours
of the day and night II does not appear whether
the Gar danced or not. most probably he did not
for he very shy of showing of before strangers
At grand bal given by King William at 81
James, Palace, he would not mix with the companv
at all; but, at his own request, was put into small
room where he could see all that passed without
being seen himself He fondrr Of drinking
peppcrcd brandy with Lord Cacrmarthcn. than see
ing company. Upon another OCCASION when stay.
ing with his lordshp in Leicester Fields, the Car
drank pint OF brandy and bottle of sherry be-
fore dinner, eight bottles Of each afterwards and
all outward appearance
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THE REPUBLI

| crlmlnatlon III the abuse OF their political
adversaries. They do it all "high"-
they do it all rather of the "highest. y
There are no degrees in their censure.
Mr.. PoLK's cabinet were all saints; Gen
eral TAYLoR's cabinet are all sinners, and
sinners of the worst kind. Mr.. Polk was,
on the whole, the greatest statesman that
Mr.. RITCHlE has ever known; and Presi-
dent TAYLOR is utterly incompetent and
unfit for the humblest civil office. Mr..
MASON was not merely good man, but,
bless you! he was one of the most amiable,
the most estmable, the most accomplished,
the best men in the world; and he was a
libeller who dared to say Sub-treasury in
the same breath with Mr.. Mason, be-
cause it conveyed damnable innuen-
do" that nobody but cold-blooded as
sassin would insinuate. Mr.. EWING, per
contra, is not merely an avaricous man,
or grasping man, but he is an incar-
nation of widows signs, orphans tears,
and brides from the United States Bank.
He is perfect wonder of villany, ex-
tortion, and corruption-not a butcher
merely, but " bloody butcher a
Nero merely, but a bloody Nero"
Mr. BUCHANAN was gallant and gallant; a
beau and soldier; pink of the drawing
room, and bold dragon; fine, dashing
fellow, up to all sorts of music, and ready
to go his death on $40 40'. Mr.. CLAYTON
is the devil, without his tail. CAVE JOHN
SON was most liberal-minded and most
agreeable gentleman, with the most deli
cate tastes, and the most commanding
talents. Mr.. CoLLAMER is a Grabbed abo-
litionist, with no sense These are the
pictures of the Union.
1t is said that even the devil is not so
black as he is painted; but these artists
paint every WING, dead or alive, so black
that they have not an extra tint left for the
prince of darkness himself; while they so
paint every "beheaded'' Locofoco, a. to
remind you OF nothing less than the lovers
description of his mistress in Philip Van
Artevelde
She was so fair that in the angelic choir
She will not need put another form
Than that she wore earth"
1t is quite time that our contemporaries
should abandon their style of playing In
stead of being SO "high" in their parts, let
them study Hamleps advice to the players
leave off their "damnable faces''-air
their vocabulary-cut Billingsgate-and
come down to the decencies of ordinary
life. If they do not mend their style,
they will not only soon empty the boxes,
but the shilling gallery will be vacated
and the great mock tragedians will find
themselves playing to vacant walls and the
"boy who is looking in without paying"
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From the Providence Journal.
THE INJECTION.

We have received the returns from jamestown
and New Shoreham, which complete table. Mr.
Dixons majority is sir hundred and t,oe,,ts fue
Our apprehension of the extraordinary exertions
Of our opponents was not at all exaggerated. They
had their strongest candidate, and they brought
out their utmost strength, and MIR. Thurston re-
ceived more votes than he did in April. But every
where, except in two towns, Mr.. Dixon has gained
upon him. In North Kingstown, he lost 80 votes
IN jamestown vote In every other town in the
districthe has gained. The following are the gains
by towns:
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I, Robert -. Campbell, consul Of the United
States Of America for the city Of Havana do hereby
certify that RI Condo de Acoy, whose signature ap-
pears TO the certificate hereto annexed u the Cover
nor and captain general of the island Of Cuba that
Fra'cO Pimente, Nict'l Rodriguez Perez, and Carlos
Colon whose signatures and rubrics alec appear to
the aforesaid certificate are notarics public Of the
city Of Havana; and that the official acts Of the par
ties 10 the said certificate entitled 10 full faith
and credencc. In testimony whereof have here
unto set my hand, and affixed the seal of my Office,
at Havana on the day of the date above written
(Scaled and signed) RogERT H. Campbell.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
!. THE KNAvEs N FOOLS.

In, his Jefferson City speech, Col. Benton
Denounced all the members of the last Leg.
islature who voted for the Jackson resoIu-
tons, either IS knsves, plotting the dissolu-
ton of the Union, or as fools, not response
BILE, Since that wholesale insult to the Leg
islatufe, and to the whole State, we have
seen the response, we believe, of a majority
of those men, and not one of them is willing
torhang to either horn of Benton's dilemma,
but the majority of them repel like free
men bis t~yrannical insult, and lash him for
his ~treacherous appeal. g.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
Great Public Meeting in Clay County,
.-BentOn Repudiated. 4.
LIBEArY. Mo-, July 16, l849.

LIBEATY, Mo-, July 10, lS49.
This being the day upon which, BY pre-
vious public invitations, the Hon: I. II
Benton and the Hon. James H. Birch me
for the purpose of discussing The great ma
tional questions involved in Col. Benton!
Appealfrom the instructions of the last Gen
eral Assembly, the largest number Of citi'
'zens evpr convened in the county were
present at an early hour.
/ Col. Benton having fixed upon the hour
of 2 in the afternoon, when he would adj
dress the people, Judge Birch commenced
the discussion, in the Court House, at aboul
ten O'Clock in the morning, and continued
it until between IL and l o'clock.
At q o'clock Col. Benton addressed the
vast assembly in the grove rear the town.
and continued his remarks fof about three
hours.
Immediately thereafter the company re.
assembled, filling the Court house, and lis
tened to the conclusion of the course of ar
gument and remarks commenced by Judge
Birch In the morning, and also to his reply
to several portions Of Col. Benton's speech
o fto-day. d.
Both gentlemen were listened to with the
most profound and respectful attention
throughout. At the conclusion Of Judge
Birch's reply, he read and laid upon the
table the following Notwithstanding
it was for the meeting to take it up
and act upon it, or not, as they saw fit.
On motion of Judge Tompson, it was
taken up, and after discussion between
Henry L. Routt, Esq. and the mover, it
was adopted by the meeting with the great
est enthusiasm, and with but one dissenting
voice, as follows:
Resolved, That in view Of the past and
present positions of the Hon. Thomas H.
Benton, and in view of the momentous CUES
tons involved in his "Appeal" no other
course presents its self which is compatible
with honor to himself, or duty to the State,
but to obey the instructions of the General
Assembly, or resign his seat.
On motion of F. Gwinner, ESQ.,, it was
unanimously
ResOtreH, That we have implicit conf.
in the ability, integrity and correct
Of our Senator in Congress, the
Hon. David K. Atchison; and hat we pledge|
ourselves to sustain him in his opposition toI
he Wilmot Proviso and all other abolition
And then II was
Ordered, That the proceedings of this
Meeting be signed by the chairman and that
HOWARD EVERETT, Chr'n.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
Free Ferry at Louisiana.

We are pleased to announce to the FARM
ers and trading custom of u neighbors in
Illinois, that an arrangement has been made
blythe nterprising businessm men of our city
with the proprietors Of the steam ferry boat
here, making the passage free to all per-
sons coming to trade in Louisiana. ..
The situation Of Louisians on the river,
the competition and large amount of mer-
chandise' on hands, added to the number
and exPerience Of her mechanics, enables
hertz effsr greater inducements to custom
to . large scope Of country in illinois than
are possessed by any other place. Let the
people Of Illinois try u market, and our
word for It their custom viii be secured
A free ferry places them comparatively at
ourdooFs. h alaeai 81 ar
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
Bridge Subscription.

THE subscribers to the Noix Creek
i Bridge, are informed thatthe subscrip..
ton list has been placed in my hands BY ths"
County Court for collection, and that the
funds viii be thankfully received. . ~
For the information Of all c~oncsfnedsl
state that the work is progressing "a rap
idly ~ the state Of the water in the river
win permit. I Is EDWIN DRAPER,
S July 9sth ls4e.-3w. Contractor.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
COL. BENToN-THE WILMOT PROVIsO
THE ST. LOUIS UNION.

-IEE 81. LUIS UNlUN.
Under the above caption the st. Louis
Union of Saturday last, contains a long arti-
Gle, reviewing its past course and present
position and that Of Col, Benton upon the
Wilmit Proviso. The article in question
i an "oficial' reply to the i~nterrogations of
q st. Louis correspondent of the Metropoli-
tan, es to the true position of that paper in
reference to the terrible re-brand, the vii.
mot Proviso.
The Union is evidently alarmed at the
signs of the times, and is e~ndeavoring to
trim its sails for every breeze. 1t wires in
and wires out in a long yarn of nearly two
columns length, and leaves the reader in Sc
rious doubt Is to which side of the question
It stops. ltsProfesses to advocate the doc
trine of Hon-iRterrent,on' upon the subject
Of slavery by Congress, and labors hard
yea! AbOrs to prove that Col. Benton is for
tsnon-intervention." If that be the case,
why does he appeal from the instructions
Of the Legislature? o, says the Union,
they instruct him to dissolve the union of
States. He is required to do no such
thing. We submit to every democrat in
Missouri, if Col. Benton had promised to
vote against national interterence in the
subject Of. slavery, if all would not have
been we'll in the State?
Tie Union assumes for itself the charac-
ter of "Moeerator' in the State, and in the
same article charges the whole body of the
democracy with supporting REASONABLE res
olutions. It claims that Col. Benton is op.
posed to the agitation of this question, while
he is canvassing the State to change her
political sentiments to suit his ambition
upon the subject of slavery.
Then, as lift had wired too far for safety
tosths support Of Benton, it regales its read
ers with the following constitutional morsel:
sItris a constitutional privilege the peo-
pie Of these territories possess, to frame
and carry into effect such kind of State
governments as they may prefer"
This political weathercock here yields
the whole ground, and directly in
conflict with the doctrine of Benton. He
saysinAis Jefferson City speech, "Congress
has the power to prohibit or sdmit slavery
Gin the territories and no one else" = So
sit is absurd to claim it (the power for the
territories" -.
gIp their territorial capacity, the Union
says it is their "cOnstautiOnal prsulege."-
We will next expect to see the great'I DID
boreing the Uranium of Mr.. Phillips for the
simples.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
A QUESTION FOR HONEST
BENTON MENn

The question we have to propose to hon.
est Benton Democrats, is this Suppose
in view Of all we have stated in relation to
these resolutions, Gen. Atchison had return.
ed to Missouri; refused to obey the instruc-
tons Of the Legislature and appealed to the
whole people, wings, democrats and all
others; and like Benton, denounced the
Legislature IS a set Of knaves and fools
and suppose further, that Col. Benton had
said the resolutions were right, and that he
would obey instructions, and suppose fur
ther still, he occupied precisely the present
position Of Atchison, the question is, and
we beg an honest answer, would you not
have denounced Atchison as q traitor, and
Landed Benton to the very heavens for his
consistency and devotion to the principles
of the democratic party! If you would
have acted thus, then denounce Benton now,
and endorse Atchison or as candid men
admit at once, that you go for men and leave
to take care of themselvesl An
honest answer if you please !-Metropok-
tan. --
The TAMMANY HALL DEMOCRATS in New
York have repudiated any connection with
the Free Soil party. One of their resolu-
tons says:
Resofued, That we look upon every at
tempt to engraft the question of slavery or
Of anti-slavery on the doctrines of the Dem
ocratic party, as eminently dangerous to
the existence, both ofthe party and the Un-
ion |; that, while we regard slavery as an
evil, and should regret its extension, yet the
Democratic party ought mott prescribe q
faith for its members on the subject; while
under our W government, some of the
States Of the Union are encountered with
population, and others are free from Il,
the united Democracy of the nation cannot
have a common faith on such q question
The Democratic party is neither a pro-sla-
very nor an anti-slavery party it leaves its
members, North and South, East and West,
to entertain their own opinions, and to act
according to their own convictions, on this
irrelevant question. 81.
ResoLved, That we will not become par.
ties to any treaty or negotiation for what Is
called a union with q body of pretended
of spurious organization and
it can only admit Of a political fellow
with them when they, as individuals,
support the principal measures and organi.
cation ofthe party.
STAGE Academia stage was driven of
. precipice, and fell into deep gully, about
five miles from the city, night Before last,
on its way in from Union. There
were several persons in the vehicle at the
time, and one, ayoung woman, wssso seri.
ously injured that her life is dsspaited of.
sftffr 81 Louis Union, 81 inst,
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
Hemp-Hemp.

Sn TONS wanted Immediately BY Thomas
Cash, Jr., & Co., for which the highest
market price will be paid in Cash. .
70. We are also prepared to bail Hemp fog
farmers at short notice and upon reasonable terms
THOMAS CASH, ia, & CO.
Louisiana, August 9Th lS49. al
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06

CALrFoRNIANs MAssAcRED.-The Trait
Of June 80, says-A company of Americans,
smigrating by land to California, under the
command of Major Barry, were attacked
upon the route BY a large body Of iudisns,
who massacred all the members, with the
exception of two who managed to escape.
regret being unable to give any details
of this dreadful catastrophe.
Herr Alexander was concluding bis rep
RESERVATIONS in the capital. Madame nns
Bishop was about to commence her con.
certs.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06

1.-THE ommunicetion of sA.' inthis pa
per, reviewing the acts Of the last Legisla-
ture, will be Of interest to ell who desire to
keep ported with the municipal laws that
govern Gs. . ,ro-a 3 RI
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06

slacs the Inauguration Of Gen. Taylor .
Prssidsnt tbe Dsnocssts have gained nine
nsnbsrs Of Congress, and thst too in tive
Sister, ~ isoirtI
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06
ANOTHER FLORIDA WAR IN PROSPECT

ANOTHER FLORIDA WAR IN PkosPEcT-
Outbreak Of the Andians.-Extras from the
Offices Of the Savannah papers Of the 2sth
ult., state that the Seminole Indians have
again commenced hostilities and will proba-
bly, be troublesome. An attack was made
by the Indians, in considerable numbers, on
a settlement on Indian River, in st. Lucie
county, South Florida, by ~''plundering the
houses and firing on the settlers" One per-
son was killed and several wounded. A
number of persons (mostly females) are al
SO missing.
It is reported that dispatches have been
forwarded to Washington stating the fact.
GEoRe1A.-At a late Democratic State
Convention held at Milledgville, Georgia,
Hon. Geo. w. Towns YVES unanimously re-
nominated candidate for Governor of that
gallant State. Resolutions were also pass
ed fully endorsing and adopting the Virginia
resolutions on the subject of slavery and
the Wilmot Proviso, and declaring NON
INTERVENTION the doctrine of the national
They also endorse all other
cardinal measures of the democracy of the
Union.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06

II The Cholera is declared no longer an
in st. Louis.
Democratic banner., 1849-08-06

The article published 10 the first column
and on the first page o fthe last North East
Reporter, and complimented and credited
to the Richmond IVA. Enquirer. is from
the editorial columnsof the Banner.